FUJISAWA, Kanagawa Prefecture--A sculptor has almost completed a nearly 10-meter-tall wooden statue of Virgin Mary that he started carving 40 years ago to pray for the souls of thousands of people ...

These elaborate costumes, imitations of Roman soldiers, are part of a cherished Easter celebration dating back 350 years in the central Mexican town ... of the Virgin Mary emblazoned on his ...

AKITA--Just as suddenly as it started, a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary abruptly stopped shedding tears, leaving the sisters and nuns at a Catholic church here without an explanation. From the ...

An infamous Virgin Mary statue that 'wept tears of blood' has ... began to 'shed tears' in front of its owners. The saint was a Mexican version of the Virgin Mary, nicknamed la Morenita, or ...