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

On Dec. 12 we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, who is the patroness of the unborn. When Our Lady appeared to St. Juan Diego nearly 500 years ago, she came first and foremost as a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

A Catholic shrine is re-creating Tepeyac Hill — where Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared nearly 500 years ago to St. Juan Diego — in the United States. The new hill, located in Oklahoma City, was ...

(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 ...