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 ...
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 ...
11, 2025, a thief stole the crown valued at $30,000. OSV News photo/ courtesy of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church archives A Philadelphia parish is in shock following the brazen theft of an ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man broke into a Philadelphia church ... atop a marble statue of the Virgin Mary, city police said Monday. The burglary at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church ...