Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles explains the history and significance of Our Lady of Guadalupe, whose feast day is December 12 each year.

The Primatial Archdiocese of Mexico has shared the first photograph ever taken of the original image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which miraculously appeared on St. Juan Diego’s tilma (poncho) in 1531.

When Lopez is 15, Mancilla said, they hope to take her to the Basilica in Mexico, to see the original image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Juan Garcia, 31, walked to the shrine from Chicago’s Albany ...

Parishioners visit The Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. A Catholic Church-authorized digital copy of the original image is ...

Our Lady of Guadalupe is a symbol of faith, culture and identity for many Mexicans and Latin Americans and, in turn, has crossed borders occupying a very special place in the hearts of Latinos ...

Almost 500 years after the appearance of Our Lady of Guadalupe — whose feast the Church celebrates Dec. 12 — the image of Our Lady has become the subject of several popular myths and legends ...

It was Our Lady of Guadalupe’s original apparition that first brought my ancient ancestors to their faith — and a faith that has been passed down for nearly 500 years to this present day.” ...

(RNS) — The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, on Dec. 12, marks the appearance of Mary to St. Juan Diego, an Indigenous man, on a hill of Tepeyac in Mexico in 1531. The brown-skinned Virgin ...

The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico, is celebrated on Dec. 12. In New York, a church of the same name is a seminal part of the city's Spanish and Hispanic history.

Since then, Our Lady of Guadalupe has been revered as the mother of all people, who embraces and celebrates diverse cultures. “Mother Mary is also carrying this hope,” said the Rev. Leo Hambur ...

The Primatial Archdiocese of Mexico has shared the first photograph ever taken of the original image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which miraculously appeared on St. Juan Diego’s tilma (poncho) in 1531.