Church wardens resign over ‘botched’ restoration of Virgin Mary statue Katie Boyden Published June 24, 2025 2:01pm Updated June 24, 2025 3:10pm Comments ...

But statues were being erected during this period amid rising nationalism. They signalled a celebration of Canada’s membership in the British Empire, then at the zenith of its power and influence.

The Virgin of La Macarena is one of Spain 's most famed Catholic effigies, and many Spaniards travel south every year to catch a glimpse of the wooden figure during the city's Holy Week parades.

A host of giant Michael Jackson statues based on his 1995 album ‘HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I’ are still standing in some parts of the world, more than 30 years later. Up to 10 ...

A commission appointed by the late Pope Francis has released a new report highlighting the urgent need to address global debt, which has hindered sustainable development and climate action. The ...

ROME (CNS) — Almost a year after Pope Francis set up a commission to develop a large solar-panel array on Vatican property outside of Rome, Pope Leo XIV visited the site and the Vatican Radio ...

A statue of the first U.S. president stands prominently in London’s Trafalgar Square, but some Britons find it strange to honor a rebellious general alongside English kings.

EL ROCIO, Spain (AP) — Their faces, hats and flamenco dresses caked in dust, hundreds of pilgrims gathered around an ox-driven carriage with their icon of the Virgin Mary after slogging on foot, ...

PARIS (AP) — A medieval statue of the Virgin Mary and Child, known as “The Virgin of Paris,” returned to Notre Dame cathedral Friday evening, five years after surviving the devastating 2019 ...

The Vatican is providing its long-awaited assessment on one of the more contested aspects of Roman Catholicism in recent years: the reported "apparitions" of the Virgin Mary in an otherwise ...