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Copies of the Quran were carefully set aside, placed beside a Bible and a picture of the Virgin Mary.
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Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
In 1992, a Brothers crew spotted a young Cuban rafter on a rickety boat holding up a statue of the Virgin Mary, pointing it toward the plane.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
On Monday, May 4, Rodríguez attended the Met Gala in New York City dressed in a veiled pale blue Ludovic de Saint Sernin gown, as well as Chopard jewels, paying homage to Virgin of Fátima or the Virgin Mary.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Nearly 500 years before, a Franciscan friar arrived in what is now the state of Jalisco carrying a 13-inch icon of the Virgin Mary that had been molded by Indigenous craftsmen from a paste of corn pith and orchid bulbs.
—Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
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Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
In 1992, a Brothers crew spotted a young Cuban rafter on a rickety boat holding up a statue of the Virgin Mary, pointing it toward the plane.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
On Monday, May 4, Rodríguez attended the Met Gala in New York City dressed in a veiled pale blue Ludovic de Saint Sernin gown, as well as Chopard jewels, paying homage to Virgin of Fátima or the Virgin Mary.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Nearly 500 years before, a Franciscan friar arrived in what is now the state of Jalisco carrying a 13-inch icon of the Virgin Mary that had been molded by Indigenous craftsmen from a paste of corn pith and orchid bulbs.
—Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
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“The Virgin Mary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Virgin%20Mary. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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