“The sheriff reported that the man had wanted to break into the tabernacle, but looked up at the statue of Mary and decided he couldn't do that to her."
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SUBIACO The altar at Subiaco Abbey will be less ornate and more mobile for a while as monastery officials rebuild the marble altar after a man broke into the church and damaged it.