Aug 27 2015
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A spiritual battle is simmering between the Vatican and a popular shrine to the Virgin Mary in Bosnia and…
May 18 2013
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Last month, Armani, a lady anteater at the LEO Zoological Conservation Center, gave birth to little Archie and…
Apr 18 2012
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The Catholic League has its rosary in a knot over a joke and graphic on The Daily Show they say objectifies women,…
Dec 15 2011
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If you happen to be a resident of Auckland, New Zealand, you might have already seen this billboard on your local…
Jan 13 2010
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Nov 20 2009
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A Maryland woman left $40,000 worth of rare coins - her life savings - at a Catholic shrine because she wanted the Vi…
May 27 2009
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• In attempts to improve German-Swiss relations, the Swiss Farmers' Union has created a calendar of half-naked…
Feb 20 2009
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A new book examines the cult of the Virgin. Mary, that is.
Jan 16 2009
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In Chile, a prominent fashion designer has outraged conservative groups and the Roman Catholic church by dressing…
Dec 31 2008
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Dr. Aarathi Prasad, author of a book about reproduction without men, muses on the possibility that Jesus was born to…
Dec 15 2008
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• A Staten Island man with the last name Sinatra claims that Tony Danza stalked him in 2005 because he thought he…
Dec 12 2008
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The Blessed Virgin Mary appears! Just in time for Christmas, Playboy has released an issue in Mexico with a woman…
Dec 10 2008
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• A woman from Florida who has cancer, arthritis and no insurance plans to sell an MRI of her brain taken in 2002…
Oct 6 2008
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Think Mary looks a little mannish in this painting by Raphael? You're not alone — in an interview in Sunday's Washington Post, feminist art historian Mary Garrard points out that Rafael used a male model for the Virgin. She also argues that in taking masculinized form, Mary "loses her maternity — birth-giving, the one…
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Sep 25 2008
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The church of Notre-Dame de la Daurade in Toulouse, France is seeking designer apparel for the black virgin statue…