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A procession in the 1908s from St Mary’s Church for the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Courtesy Delsa Perez Garcia Delsa García recalled that in her youth during the 1950s and 1960s the close-knit ...
LOS ANGELES—For Catholics in Los Angeles, the feast of St. Juan Diego on Dec. 9 will be a double homecoming. The return of the Tilma of Tepeyac, the fragment of the saint's cloak that bears the image ...
Every year, Eusebia Flores prays the novena for Our Lady of Guadalupe in the days leading up to the feast in her honor on Dec. 12, a prodigious celebration for Catholics in Mexico and the United ...
According to Catholic belief — the most widely practiced religion in Mexico — Dec. 12 is celebrated as the Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, also known as the Day of the Guadalupana. According to Catholic ...
A young girl plays the role of Our Lady of Guadalupe during the Honor Your Mother Festival and parade in Phoenix, 2021. (Photo by Keara Hanlon) Many readers may more readily recognize her European ...
Today, December 12 — during the season of Advent — is the annual feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, an especially important day for Latino Catholics. But why is this day observed and what's the ...
A poor Indian named Cuauhtlatohuac was baptized and given the name of Juan Diego. This elderly Mexican man was 57 years old and was a simple farmer with no formal education Born under Aztec rule, he ...
The cloak worn by St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin was made from rough cactus materials from central Mexico, and it should have deteriorated after 15-30 years. But this "tilma" remains intact, and its ...