Depicted by the statue is the Buddha Amitābha, a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism.

And so to their beliefs, murti puja is not just about praying to a statue but about connecting ... and the energy that was within escapes. And so people believe that praying to a chipped idol ...

Kanagawa Prefecture--A sculptor has almost completed a nearly 10-meter-tall wooden statue of Virgin Mary that he started carving 40 years ago to pray for the souls of thousands of people killed in ...

A group of faithful gathered under the statue of John Paul II at Gemelli hospital on Sunday afternoon to pray for Pope Francis’ health.