‘Hero of Linz’: Vandals Behead Offensive Statue of The Virgin Mary With Legs Spread Giving Birth
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St. Mary’s Cathedral in Linz, Austria, has been a center of controversy after an offensive sculpture of the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus was put on display.
The piece, which some Catholics have called blasphemous, showed the Virgin Mary sitting on a rock with her legs spread while giving birth.
Artist Esther Strauss designed the piece, which was carved by Theresa Limberger.
This week a vandal beheaded the statue.
From The National Catholic Reporter:
The sculpture had been on view at Austria’s largest cathedral as part of the DonnaStage art installation project on women’s roles, family images and gender equality, the Linz Diocese said in a statement.
