VATICAN CITY — Vandals have beheaded a sculpture featuring the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus that had been exhibited in the cathedral in the Austrian city of Linz and drawn criticism from ...

A sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary giving ... in northern Austria and drew criticism from some Catholics, who condemned it as sacrilegious. The Catholic diocese of Linz said in a statement ...

adding that decapitation was the quickest way to disfigure the sculpture so that it no longer resembled Mary. Naturally, the episcopal vicar of the diocese of Linz, Johann Hintermaier, condemned ...

the sculpture had been part of a temporary exhibition of art outside the Catholic St. Mary Cathedral in Linz, Austria. The sculpture was controversial for its explicit depiction of birth ...

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Mary's Cathedral in Linz made headlines around the world ... time would be destroyed," Limberger said. The sculpture had been on view at Austria's largest cathedral as part of the DonnaStage ...

Nadya Tolokonnikova, Sex Dolls installed as part of "RAGE" exhibition at O.K. Linz in Austria ... this year at St. Mary’s Cathedral in the same Austrian city of Linz. A sculpture by Esther ...

Vandals have beheaded a sculpture featuring the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus. The artwork had been exhibited in the cathedral in the Austrian city of Linz and drawn criticism from some ...

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