CultureCan a massive Madonna help slow secularization in Poland?

Europe’s largest statue of the Virgin Mary, standing more than 55 meters tall, will be inaugurated on August 15 in the small Polish village of Konotopie. The monument has drawn pilgrims and sightseers but also criticism, while benefactor Roman Karkosik describes it as a gesture of gratitude.

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