In early June, fisherman Fernando Brey was casting his line in Spain's Sar River when he noticed an unusual rock — that ...

FORTY FORT — When Florence Eckert woke up Thursday morning, she was dismayed to see that rain-soaked earth and a strong wind had apparently combined to topple a large portion of the stone grotto ...

A Fisherman Found a Moss-Covered Statue of the Virgin Mary in a Spanish River. It May Be a 700-Year-Old Religious Icon The 330-pound granite sculpture depicts the Virgin Mary feeding the baby Jesus.

There’s the simple Virgin Mary statue in an old bathtub, the inside of the tub painted blue, the outside painted white. There are the shrines that eschew the tub for a grotto built of stone.

Crowds gather for a candlelit procession on May 31, 2019 in Chicago. Now, eight years after finding the statue, Matthews is bringing Broken Mary and a message of unity and healing to Chicago.

A homemade shrine sits not far off the blacktop, along a winding, two-lane back road in Marion County, Ky. It is a small statue of the Virgin Mary, sheltered in an old bathtub. One end of the tub ...

Since its creation in 1499, Michelangelo's Pietà has inspired emotion, faith, and imitation through its elegant depiction of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Yet few know the secrets that are ...