California couple Jackie and Peter Halpin sang in praise around a statue of The Virgin Mary that emerged unscathed from the southern California wildfires that claimed their home.

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St. Peter’s is located at 720 Arch Street. Antkowiak says the statue of Mary was found damaged, without a head, on the ground by employees coming into work Friday morning.

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 ...

Pope Francis told Mackrikas, who is the coadjutor archpriest of the Basilica of St. Mary Major, that the Virgin Mary appeared before him, requesting that he be laid to rest in her church.

Pope Francis to be buried in Saint Mary Major church, not Saint Peter's basilica, ... Throughout his papacy, Francis went there to pray to an icon of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus.

Pope Francis was laid to rest in a simple tomb at St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, marking the end of his funeral on Saturday, April 26. ... the Blessed Virgin Mary," Francis wrote.

St. Mary Major is the oldest still-standing sanctuary dedicated to that, said Giuseppe Falanga, professor of liturgy at Pontificia Universita della Santa Croce in Rome.

Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of 88, previously announced his intentions to be buried at the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, a break in tradition from popes of the past.. The pope ...

Bells on Sunday comes from the parish church of St Mary the Virgin Bishops Cannings. Read more ...