Painting of Virgin Mary returns to Nagasaki from France

NAGASAKI, Japan - A painting of Virgin Mary, brought to France from Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, early in the Meiji period (1868-1912), returns to its original place at a church in the Nagasaki Archdiocese on May 29, 2014, after a hiatus of 145 years.

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