
NJ says religious site needs to go
Underneath Route 21 in Passaic, New Jersey, is a chapel with fresh flowers, candles, and images of la Virgin De Guadalupe. In 2004 the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared to some in a tree trunk on the corner of Madison Street and Hope Avenue. Religious members of the community began gathering at the site to pray. They built a shrine and painted murals. But now, more than a decade later, state officials say the shrine is on public property and needs to be moved.