For more information, see go.udayton.edu/pieta. Daily Lenten reflections written by vowed Marianists and Marianist Educational Associates are paired with the works in Pietà: A Mother’s Lament. View ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Ruth D. Nelson, and is excerpted from her book "Our Lady of the World's Fair: Bringing Michelangelo's "Pietà" to Queens in 1964." ...

Once the 'Pieta' is gone, so will everything else trickle out of there," said demonstrator Judy Vazquez. Some protesters have camped out in an alley in back of the church for 40 days.

The sculpture is the 56th out of 100 approved replicas to be made and is the only one in Indiana. It was made out of the life-size marble just like the original model.

A small human chain formed outside St. Adalbert's Church in Pilsen Tuesday morning in a last, desperate attempted to stop the removal of La Pieta.