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This was long before Mayor Giuliani got his shorts in a wad about Ofili’s The Holy Virgin Mary, part of a 1999 group show at the Brooklyn Museum displaying art owned by the advertising mogul Charles Saatchi.
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Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
Life-sized statues of Jesus crucified, the weeping Virgin Mary, and representations of scenes from the Gospels’ accounts of Jesus' torture and death on a cross are carried in large processions in different parts of the world.
—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grand Island in 1994 and served as vicar general and pastor of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary before his 2021 appointment to Colorado Springs, according to the archdiocese.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2026
He was extremely learned—fluent Latin and a sound grasp of Greek—and went on annual pilgrimages to Medjugorje and other holy places devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
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Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
Life-sized statues of Jesus crucified, the weeping Virgin Mary, and representations of scenes from the Gospels’ accounts of Jesus' torture and death on a cross are carried in large processions in different parts of the world.
—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grand Island in 1994 and served as vicar general and pastor of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary before his 2021 appointment to Colorado Springs, according to the archdiocese.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2026
He was extremely learned—fluent Latin and a sound grasp of Greek—and went on annual pilgrimages to Medjugorje and other holy places devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Virgin Mary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Virgin%20Mary. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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