Century England, a dark-skinned saint with a promiscuous past became a boundary-breaking cultural and religious icon. A new study is hoping to reassert her place in history.

Carved from dark wood, the statue is an icon of Saint Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. Had its supernatural story played out somewhere else ― such as Mexico, where a cloak bearing Mary’s ...

In 11th-Century England, a dark-skinned saint with a promiscuous past became a boundary-breaking cultural and religious icon ... Saint Mary of Egypt became a wise and virtuous teacher of Christian ...

Far out in the South Pacific, there’s a tropical island called Bougainville. Its people are devoutly Catholic — with a twist. Many revere the Virgin Mary almost as much as her son, Jesus. Women are ...