What makes Mary an appealing figure today is what has made her popular for 2,000 years: For all her connections to divine power, she has a lot in common with people who often get overlooked.

Coke-bottle Virgin Mary art draws protest at Marcellus library. Published: ; Jul. 24, 2009, 2:17 a.m.

(The Conversation) — Mary has acquired popularity among celebrities of late. A religion scholar writes about how for nearly 2,000 years, the mother of Jesus has been viewed as an exemplar by ...

THE VALIANT WOMAN: THE VIRGIN MARY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN CULTURE By Elizabeth Hayes Alvarez Published by the University of North Carolina Press, 256 pages, $27.50 ...

The show will include over 120 artworks, and juxtapose 60 of Kent’s screenprints with pieces by Robert Indiana, Jim Dine, Jasper Johns, and more who worked in during the same years.

The Virgin Mary, mother of sweet baby Jesus, is the subject of a recent statue series by artist Soasig Chamaillard. We're pretty sure it's sacrilegious to dress Saint Mary as any of the characters ...

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.

Pop Culture Is a TikTok Famous Statue of the Virgin Mary Really Crying? Scientists have offered up their own explanations for this surprising phenomenon.

The image of Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe, on the other hand, appears to be based on the description of Mary from the Revelation of Saint John in the New Testament, Oettinger says.