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Ukrainian mother breastfeeding during war becomes Marian icon

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J-P Mauro - published on 03/28/22
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The icon was revealed just before Pope Francis consecrated Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

A touching photograph of a Ukrainian woman breastfeeding her baby amid the ongoing war with Russia has inspired a new icon of the Madonna and Child. The icon seats the mother before a map of the Ukrainian metro system, which subsequently forms the halo around the subject’s head. 

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