Colorful and jolly as are most Roman Catholic festivals in Latin countries, they might have seemed sedate beside one which began last week at the Basilica of Guadalupe near Mexico City.

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

Mattingly: The cloak worn by St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin made from rough cactus materials should have deteriorated after ...

Juan Diego’s tilma is preserved intact 493 ... mayor of Gustavo A. Madero, the Mexico City borough where the Guadalupe Basilica is located. Lozano highlighted the high attendance figures for ...

In 1531 a "Lady from Heaven" appeared to Saint Juan Diego, a poor Indian from Tepeyac, a hill northwest of Mexico City ... Apparently the tilma in the eyes of Our Lady of Guadalupe, even reflects ...

But this “tilma” remains intact and its ... the high altar of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the foot of Tepeyac Hill in Mexico City. Scientists have studied the cloak for centuries.

Our Mama Mary’s apparitions in Mexico are among ... these in his cloak or tilma. When he opened his tilma to show the flowers to the bishop, the image of our Lady of Guadalupe appeared on ...

But this "tilma" remains intact ... behind the high altar of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the foot of Tepeyac Hill in Mexico City. Scientists have studied the cloak for centuries.

But this “tilma” remains intact ... the high altar of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the foot of Tepeyac Hill in Mexico City. Scientists have studied the cloak for centuries.