Nicaraguans celebrate Virgin Mary in Miami despite fears at home and in US
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Nicaraguans sing in praise of the Virgin Mary at one of dozens of open-air altars set up near St. John Bosco Catholic Church in celebration of the Dec. 8 feast of the Immaculate Conception, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Egda Lee sets up an altar centered around a picture of the Virgin Mary which she carried with her when she crossed the U.S. border in 1984 pregnant with her son Neri Flores, as Nicaraguan parishioners of St. John Bosco Catholic Church celebrate the Dec. 8 feast of the Immaculate Conception, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Nicaraguans sing in praise of the Virgin Mary at one of dozens of open-air altars set up near St. John Bosco Catholic Church in celebration of the Dec. 8 feast of the Immaculate Conception, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Nicaraguans sing in praise of the Virgin Mary at one of dozens of open-air altars set up near St. John Bosco Catholic Church in celebration of the Dec. 8 feast of the Immaculate Conception, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)A little girl holds a doll, one of many gifts distributed at dozens of open-air altars to the Virgin Mary, as Nicaraguan parishioners of St. John Bosco Catholic Church celebrate the Dec. 8 feast of the Immaculate Conception, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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Nicaraguans sing in praise of the Virgin Mary at one of dozens of open-air altars set up near St. John Bosco Catholic Church in celebration of the Dec. 8 feast of the Immaculate Conception, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)