U.S. Vice President Joe Biden kneels in the chapel of Our Lady of Siluva at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception following a memorial Mass for Vatican diplomat Archbishop Pietro Sambi Sept. 14 in Washington. Standing at left is Irena Degutiene, speaker of Lithuania's parliament. Archbishop Sambi was nuncio to the United States from 2006 until his death July 27. (CNS photo/Leslie E. Kossoff) (Sept. 15, 2011) See SAMBI-MASS (UPDATED) Sept. 15, 2011. A painting of Our Lady of Šiluva was sent to Ireland and will go on pilgrimage around the country before finding its final destination in Knock. This is to mark 50 years since Irish solicitor Gerard O’Mahony, inspired by the Helsinki Accords, suggested sending a statue of Our Lady to Lithuanian Catholics facing persecution under…
Renata Steffens