The Catholic folk tradition behind the holiday dates to the 1500scq, when it’s said that the Virgin Mary, also called Our ...

Every year, millions of faithful embark on a pilgrimage to the shrine on the outskirts of the capital dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe to ... had once been an Aztec temple to the goddess Tonantzin.

Around the world, churches, chapels and shrines have been dedicated ... strongly that in America, Our Lady cares for her children, especially under her title Our Lady of Guadalupe.” ...

Altogether 25 popes have officially honored Our Lady of Guadalupe. His Holiness John Paul II visited her Sanctuary four times: on his first apostolic ... until the temple dedicated to the Queen ...

Our Lady of Guadalupe is a symbol of faith, culture and identity for many Mexicans and Latin Americans living in the U.S.

Archbishop Cordileone told EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo on The World Over with Raymond Arroyo of his goal of “informing people of ...

In 1999 Pope John Paul II proclaimed Our Lady of Guadalupe a patron saint of the Americas ... He is also the author of Church and State in Bourbon Mexico (Cambridge, 1994), The First America ...

A horseback pilgrimage — which had 800 riders, according to the archdiocese — was the “unofficial start” of activities at the Des Plaines shrine for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe ...

(CBS) -- A throng of Roman Catholics made a pilgrimage to northwest suburban Des Plaines Wednesday for the largest gathering of devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe. The Feast of Our Lady of ...