Known as el Dia de la Virgen Guadalupe, it is a popular feast day that celebrates the Virgin of Guadalupe: a brown-skinned, Indigenous vision of Mary that Catholics believe appeared to a peasant ...

Why is Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrated on Dec. 12? According to Catholic belief, the first manifestation of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexico dates back to the times of the Viceroyalty of New ...

Emiliano Zapata, leader of the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920, made his rebel soldiers carry a banner of the Virgin of Guadalupe when they entered Mexico City in 1914.

Our Lady of Guadalupe first introduced herself as the Mother of God and the Mother of all humanity when she appeared on the hill of Tepeyac in Mexico in 1531, according to Vatican News.. The day ...

Who is the Virgin of Guadalupe, and why is she commemorated on Dec. 12? Here's what to know about Mexico's patron saint. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Our Lady of Guadalupe Day, a Catholic observance of the appearance of the Virgin Mary hundreds of years ago, is of great importance in Mexico and for millions worldwide.

Mexico’s largest religious pilgrimage for its Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe returned Monday without restrictions for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. For two years, the multi-day … ...

Fuente, who traveled alone to Mexico City from her home in El Salvador, said that she was diagnosed with cancer in 2014 and recovered after praying to the Virgin.

Devotees of the Virgin of Guadalupe make the pilgrimage for her Dec. 12 feast day, the anniversary of one of several apparitions of the Virgin Mary witnessed by an Indigenous Mexican man named ...

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 ...