A statue of the Black Virgin Mary in Vanier, Ontario, Canada, has been the subject of vandalism, city officials say, plan to have it restored.

The statue's crown, blue robe and general posture all echo the original Black Virgin Mary statue that went up in Algiers, Algeria in the 19th century, said Diego Elizondo, project officer with the ...

Almost a year after being painted white, a statue of a Black Virgin Mary in Ottawa's Vanier neighbourhood has yet to be fixed. The Notre Dame D'Afrique, or Our Lady of Africa, statue stands in ...

Praying for the Virgin Mary’s intercession and being devoted to her are a global phenomenon. ... Perkins grew up a poor white girl in a mostly black, inner-city neighborhood in Tacoma, ...