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September 25, 2019

Argentine vets’ statue returned — with Pope’s blessing

Bishop Paul Mason of the military diocese of England and Wales is pictured in an undated photo with a replica of Our Lady of Lujan, patroness of Argentina and the Argentine army. Mason has agreed to personally return the statue to Bishop Santiago Olivera of the Military Ordinariate of Argentina.

MANCHESTER, England -- After a request from Argentine veterans of the Falklands War, a British bishop will return a replica of Our Lady of Lujan that was taken to Britain as a spoils of war almost four decades ago.

Published in International