Including the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. Kaya Oakes is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including her newest: The Defiant Middle: How Women Claim Life’s In ...

Pussy Riot offered their own punk-rock prayer, "Mother of God, Banish Putin," dancing, screaming, punching the air, calling on the Virgin Mary to "become a feminist" and rid Russia of Vladimir Putin.

They were arrested after staging a punk rock protest at the altar of a ... The song calls on the Virgin Mary to deliver Russia from Putin. And it also denounces the top church leader - he's ...

The band is Pussy Riot, and the protest song by the feminist rock band is getting worldwide ... the women sang a prayer to the Virgin Mary calling for Russian President Vladimir Putin's banishment ...

The first punk rock show Mary Timony attended is still vivid in her mind. She was 15, and the concert, featuring Beefeater and Rites of Spring, was held at the Chevy Chase Community Center on ...