CLIFTON — The sculpture park on City Hall grounds has a new addition, and it makes a strong statement about gun violence and its rippling effects. The newest statue, "American Pietà," created by ...

VATICAN CITY, May 21 (Reuters) - Forty-one years ago, a crazed Hungarian named Laszlo Toth jumped an altar railing in St. Peter's Basilica and dealt 12 hammer blows to Michelangelo's Pieta, severely ...

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The iconic sculpture’s journey from the Vatican to the 1964 World’s Fair in New York was a monumental feat of faith and logistics. The book cover of ‘Our Lady of the World’s Fair’ by Ruth D. Nelson, ...

PHOENIX — The spirit of Michelangelo’s Pieta sculpture is being felt thousands of miles away from Vatican City and outside a Phoenix charity’s dining hall. Officials at St. Vincent de Paul expect more ...

A sculpture copied after Michelangelo's "Pieta," depicting a veiled and robed Mary kneeling toward her proper right, cradling the dead Christ with her proper right arm. Her proper right hand rests on ...

The new statue 'American Pietà' joins Clifton's Sculpture Park. The inspiration was the shooting of Gabriel Santana in Paterson in 2019. CLIFTON — The sculpture park on City Hall grounds has a new ...