In the south of Italy, Matera is known as the “City of Stones” for its architecture. For the next season of “The Chosen,” it will be known as ancient Jerusalem.

In 2016, Hurricane Matthew knocked it over. The Leones and Kistel set the Jesus statue upright. In 2018, thousands of pounds of concrete balls and remnants from construction sites were dropped in the ...

The Renaissance masterpiece, which portrays the Madonna holding the dead body of Jesus after ... him away from La Pietà. Before and after the restoration of La Pietà The chapel floor was littered with ...

Catbalogan residents ask the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines to hold those responsible for the Pieta Park demolition accountable SAMAR, Philippines – A lawyer writing on behalf ...

Noel Labendia, the diocesan vicar, said the diocese had asked the local franchise partner of Shakey’s Pizza to replace the “La Pieta ... Virgin Mary cradling the lifeless Jesus Christ ...

The La Pieta sculpture, according to Bajado, is a replica of Michelangelo’s famous masterpiece which is a sculpture of the Mother Mary carrying the deceased body of Jesus Christ. “The said ...

“Our appeal is to leave the ‘La Pieta’ structure ... including actress Tessie Tomas. The statue depicted a distraught Virgin Mary cradling the lifeless Jesus Christ after He was taken ...

and imitation through its elegant depiction of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Yet few know the secrets that are still being uncovered about this centuries-old statue. 1. A French cardinal ...

The newest statue, "American Pietà," created by Oakland sculptor Peter Marcalus, was inspired by Michelangelo Buonarotti's "La ... Mary's profound sadness over the loss of her son, Jesus.

In the book, I draw a parallel between how the iconoclasts smashed statues and tried to erase Mary from our churches and how, these days, society is intent on demolishing the definition of ...