(slideshow) Clandestine Catholics and their hidden devotional items - Page 6

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18th-century porcelain figure of the Madonna and Child from China

Japanese Christians turned to Kwan Yin, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, as a substitute for images of the Virgin Mary. In this Christian equivalent of Kwan Yin, the infant Jesus is holding a tiny rosary with cross.

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