MEXICO CITY (AP) — Devotees of Our Lady of Guadalupe gathered at her Roman Catholic shrine in Mexico City to honor the 1531 apparition of the Virgin Mary. The dark-skinned Virgin, according to church ...
During the Catholic holiday of Palm Sunday, birds vendors, known as pajareros, from across Mexico flock to the capital and decorate 10-foot-tall stacks of cages, adorning them with flowers, ...
A man carries a portrait of the Virgin of Guadalupe as he begins climbing Tepeyac Hill on Wednesday in Mexico City. Edivaldo Hernández Villar crawled on his knees toward the Basilica of Guadalupe, ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — There’s a saying in Mexico: “Not all Mexicans are Catholic, but all are Guadalupan.” The phrase conveys the deep connection between Our Lady of Guadalupe and the country’s identity.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — There’s a saying in Mexico: “Not all Mexicans are Catholic, but all are Guadalupan.” “After Mexico emerged as an independent nation, she came to embody not just religious devotion ...
The phrase conveys the deep connection between Our Lady of Guadalupe and the country’s identity. In the nation of 130 million people — the majority of whom identify as Catholic — this apparition of ...