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Bishop Paul Mason of the UK Armed Forces (L) and Bishop Santiago Olivera of the Argentine Armed Forces hold statues of Our Lady of Lujan in St. Peter's Square, Oct 30, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

British military bishop returns Marian statue taken during Falklands War

Oct 30, 2019

In a conciliatory gesture 37 years after the Falklands War, military bishops from Great Britain and Argentina exchanged statues of the Virgin Mary Wednesday in St. Peter’s Square.