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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.
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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
While one held the frightened animal’s head, the other — wearing a sweatshirt with an image of the Virgin Mary — applied the iron to a horn.
—Susanne Rust
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One soldier, who stuck a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary, was sentenced to 21 days, and a soldier who filmed the incident was sentenced to 14 days, a military spokesperson said.
—Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 11 May 2026
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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
While one held the frightened animal’s head, the other — wearing a sweatshirt with an image of the Virgin Mary — applied the iron to a horn.
—Susanne Rust
follow, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
One soldier, who stuck a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary, was sentenced to 21 days, and a soldier who filmed the incident was sentenced to 14 days, a military spokesperson said.
—Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 11 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 23 May. 2026.
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