A sculpture of the Virgin Mary showing her giving birth to Jesus was recently attacked and beheaded. Called “Crowning” by the artist Esther Strauss, the sculpture had been part of a temporary ...
Mary Cathedral in Linz ... gives details about the life of the Virgin and infancy of Christ. As women of that time gave birth with the aid of midwives, the text explained that the Mother of ...
In an apostolic letter to the world's Roman Catholics, Pope John XXIII last week made a plea for more frequent recitation of the rosary as a way of praying for peace. "The rosary ...