Once inside, the burglar stole a golden crown from the head of the statue of Mary, police and church leaders said. “Our video – we have outside and inside cameras – showed the guy coming in ...

A golden crown was stolen from a Mary statue inside the St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church on South 13th Street in Center City on Jan. 11, 2025 NBC Universal, Inc. A 125-year-old golden ...

A Philadelphia parish is in shock following the brazen theft of an historic golden crown from a beloved statue of Mary.

The booklet claims that the Catholic Church dropped the "Second Commandment" which forbids "graven images", i.e. statues. Allegedly the Catholic Church condones statue worship. Now one version of ...

The statue was stolen from the National Shrine of St. John Neumann, almost exactly a year after a vandal shattered the shrine ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - For the past two decades, Mary’s Heart has offered bibles, medals, statues, custom-made rosaries and more to Cenla. The store is owned by Tinsley Ducote, who converted to ...

PHILADELPHIA — A man broke into a Philadelphia church and stole a 125-year-old bejeweled crown from atop a marble statue of the Virgin Mary, city police said Monday. The burglary at St. John the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church says a crown worth tens of thousands of dollars was stolen from the head of the statue of Mary inside the church. The church ...

SEOUL: Catholics in a parish under the Archdiocese of Seoul in South Korea have joined hands to restore a Church that was ...

The procession marks the feast of Jesus Nazareno and is a major annual Catholic event in Asia. The image was previously called the Black Nazarene, but church officials appealed for a change, saying ...