Kayla Hui The Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe (Basilica of ... religious site in Mexico City. Construction for the first shrine built to honor the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe started in ...

For centuries Mary—Our Lady of Guadalupe—has been Mexico’s patron ... They had made a promise to the Virgin, and she had answered their prayer. In the basilica, behind the main altar ...

She is Our Lady of Guadalupe, a life-sized portrayal of the Virgin Mary as she appeared in 1531 on the cactus ... Today the image is preserved behind an impenetrable glass screen in the basilica at ...

America's Treasure: The Virgin Mary of Guadalupe. Mexico: 1964. A devotional work which sets forth ... It includes information on the basilica and scientific findings regarding the image. Leies, ...

In 1531 a "Lady from Heaven" appeared to a humble Native American at Tepeyac, a hill northwest of what is now Mexico City. She identified herself as the ever Virgin Holy Mary, Mother of the True ...

These sites each have a unique history and hold significance in their local region, helping Catholics to encounter God in new ...

Mexico seeps history and culture from every city and area you visit. It’s characterized by breathtaking beauty along the ...

He went to Mexico ... in the new basilica built in her honor. There, in the presence of all the bishops of America, the holy Father addressed this prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Some visitors even said they enjoyed this basilica ... holds the Virgin of Hope or La Virgin de la Esperanza Macarena – a famous 17th-century statue of a weeping Virgin Mary that holds great ...

In the Polish village of Konotopa, near Toruń, the construction has begun of a Virgin Mary statue that will measure more than ...

AKITA--Just as suddenly as it started, a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary abruptly stopped shedding tears, leaving the sisters and nuns at a Catholic church here without an explanation. From the ...

“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel.” A similar explanation was given to Mary, as recorded in Luke’s gospel. Not only did the conception and ...