A sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus has been destroyed just days after it went on view at a cathedral in northern Austria and drew criticism from some Catholics, who ...

A sculpture showed Mary giving birth to Jesus. A vandal beheaded it. The sculpture was destroyed just days after it went on view at a cathedral in Austria and drew criticism from some Catholics ...

Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...

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Organizers behind an online petition calling for the sculpture’s removal write that the birth of Jesus is considered sacred and such an explicit depiction “destroys precisely this sacredness ...

The sculpture was on a pedestal in the middle of the room inside the cathedral, showing Mary sitting on a rock and giving birth. The diocese said it referred to the nativity scene in the cathedral ...

A sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus has been destroyed just days after it went on view at a cathedral in northern Austria and drew criticism from some Catholics who condemned ...

A statue of Mary giving birth to Jesus was beheaded by an anonymous group of vandals, garnering support from traditionalist Catholics who have criticized the statue's depictions.