Chapel to enshrine A-bombed statue of Virgin Mary opens to public

Chapel to enshrine A-bombed statue of Virgin Mary opens to public

NAGASAKI, Japan - Isamu Hirano, parish priest of Urakami Cathedral, offers a prayer after enshrining a part of a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary that was destroyed in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in a chapel in the cathedral on Aug. 9. (Pool photo)

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