Billionaire wants to build statue of Virgin Mary taller than Christ the Redeemer
A Polish billionaire and his wife have just announced plans to build a statue of the Virgin Mary in his home country.
Poland begins construction begins of record-breaking high Virgin Mary statue
In the village of Konotopa, near Toruń, the construction has begun of a Virgin Mary statue that will measure more than ...
Statue of baby Jesus stolen from Shrine of St. John Neumann, where stained glass windows were shattered last year
The statue was stolen from the National Shrine of St. John Neumann, almost exactly a year after a vandal shattered the shrine ...
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Philippines’ Black Nazarene procession draws hundreds of thousands of devotees
Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ on Thursday in one of the world’s grandest displays of ...
Baby Jesus statue stolen from church nativity scene, priest says
By Alicia Roberts, Scott Jacobson Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) -- For the second time in less than a ...
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Crowds throng as Jesus statue parades through Philippine capital
Scores of thousands of Catholic pilgrims swarmed the streets of Manila in search of a miracle Thursday, straining to reach a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ in an annual display of religious ...
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Philippines' Black Nazarene procession draws hundreds of thousands of devotees
MANILA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines on Thursday of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ in one of the world's ...
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Crowds throng as Jesus statue parades through Philippine capital
Barefoot men and women clad in maroon shirts -- the colour of the robe that covers the black, wooden Jesus of Nazarene statue -- scrambled to grab the rope used to draw the life-sized religious ...