WILKES-BARRE – For the 20th year, a growing group of Hispanic Catholics who worship in Wilkes-Barre will parade through the city on Tuesday to celebrate “Our Lady of Guadalupe.” They do it every Dec.
Dec. 12 is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. According to tradition, the story begins in Mexico City in 1531, when an indigenous man named Juan Diego went to seek help for his sick uncle. He ...
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 ...
HOUSTON – Dec. 12 is a significant day for Catholics with Mexican heritage. Millions of people around the world have been lighting candles, offering flowers and praying the rosary for miracles, but ...
NOW BACK OVER TO YOU. ALL RIGHT DIRK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IN STOCKTON, A DAY TO HONOR THE VIRGIN MARY BROUGHT OUT MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE TO THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN. DOZENS OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY ...
FILE – Pilgrims wait their turn to enter the Basilica of Guadalupe, in Mexico City, Dec. 12, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country converge on Mexico’s holy Roman Catholic ...
(RNS) — A fire Tuesday damaged several statues, art pieces and the outdoor Chapel of the Resurrected Christ, also known as the “Altar of Miracles." (RNS) — The Roman Catholic Shrine of Our Lady of ...
DES PLAINES, Ill. (WLS) -- Hundreds of thousands of believers have been arriving for the second day by foot or car to pray, sing and light candles as they pray to Our Lady of Guadalupe. Victor Barajas ...
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 ...
FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – Ten women took a pilgrimage to visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico, at the end of April. The group experienced problems with their rental cars and ...
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 ...