There are a number of films in which “Marian symbols” are shown in the presence of characters with distinct ethnic backgrounds, primarily Irish, Hispanic and Italian. For example, in West Side Story, ...

It has become common practice for directors to use the Marian symbol briefly to suggest a variety of conventional meanings. The most obvious one in this case is to serve as a Catholic artifact, ...

A statute of the Virgin Mary stands as a quiet symbol in the courtyard of St. Edward Catholic Church. For some, she may only seem an adornment. But each day, as the sun rises on her surroundings ...

The banner for a piece titled María Maricón (something like “Faggot Mary” in Spanish ... in reparation for the “disrespect” to Catholic symbols. “We’ll keep putting pressure on ...