crucifix
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County Medical Examiner’s Office accused of stealing a gold crucifix from the neck of a dead man pleaded no contest to theft charges on Friday, prosecutors said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
The crucifix and Elgin watch conjured Sunday mornings and the quiet pride of women who never stepped outside without dignity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Someone knelt down and clipped a microphone to her lapel, a few inches from the crucifix that dangled from her neck.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025
No crucifix, not even a simple dog collar.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025
I grasp a handful of shirt and the four points of my grandmother’s crucifix dig into my palm.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
Both hospice and inspiration, it’s a stifling place decorated with floral wallpaper and crucifixes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
A short drive out of Warsaw leads deep into farming country and small villages marked by towering crucifixes and Catholic shrines.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2024
The Roman Catholic Church has long been vigilant when it comes to supernatural apparitions like professed sightings of the Virgin Mary, weeping Madonnas or bleeding crucifixes.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2024
But thanks in large part to a memorable head-swiveling cinematic character, Roman collars and crucifixes have long cornered a unique place in the American image of exorcism.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023
She watched her mother walk around their flat, collecting all the Catholic objects, the crucifixes hung on walls, the rosaries nested in drawers, the missals propped on shelves.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
