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In 1877, a stained-glass window depicted Jesus as Black for the first time − a scholar of visual images unpacks its history and significance
A stained-glass window, donated in 1877 to a church in Rhode Island, shows Jesus as a dark-skinned man. Most Western depictions portrayed him as a European, with light skin and sometimes even with ...
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Statue of baby Jesus stolen from Shrine of St. John Neumann, where stained glass windows were shattered last year
A statue of an infant Jesus was stolen from a Nativity scene at the National Shrine of St. John Neumann, where nearly a year ago a vandal shattered the shrine’s stained glass windows.