Daniel Ibanez/CNA. The statue was dedicated on Dec. 8, 1857, three years after Pope Pius IX promulgated a decree defining the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.

The statue of the Immaculate Conception sits atop a nearly-40-foot high column. It was dedicated Dec. 8, 1857, three years after Pope Pius IX promulgated a decree defining the dogma of the ...

A firefighter places a wreath on a tall Marian statue overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome Dec. 8, 2021, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Pope Francis prayed at the statue before daybreak ...

A masked man took a hammer to a statue at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Northeast D.C. Sunday night. The vandal smashed the hands, face and crown of the "Our ...

Statue at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception vandalized Kristi King | [email protected] December 8, 2021, 8:53 PM ...

The statue of Our Lady of Fatima outside the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception was vandalized Sunday night. The statues nose and hands were cut off and the cross on top was broken off.

After the first was vandalized in December, a new “Our Lady of Fatima” statue is dedicated at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022.

The statue of Our Lady of Fatima outside the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception was vandalized Sunday night, Dec. 4, 2021. The statue's nose and hands were cut off and the cross on top ...

“That’s the image of the statue of our Blessed Mother Mary- that’s one of the statues that was vandalized in the early morning,” said Father Noly Berjuega, CRM, Immaculate Conception ...

Pope Francis arrived at the foot of the statue of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception at 6:15 a.m. and prayed for “the miracle of cure for the many sick people” in today’s world.

The statue of the Immaculate Conception sits atop a nearly 40-foot high column. It was dedicated Dec. 8, 1857, three years after Pope Pius IX promulgated a decree defining the dogma of the ...

The statue of the Immaculate Conception, next to Piazza di Spagna, sits atop a nearly 40-foot high column. It was dedicated Dec. 8, 1857, three years after Pope Pius IX promulgated a decree ...