Today, December 12 — during the season of Advent — is the annual feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, an especially important day for Latino Catholics. But why is this day observed and what's the ...

The cloak worn by St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin was made from rough cactus materials from central Mexico, and it should have deteriorated after 15-30 years. But this "tilma" remains intact, and its ...

HOUSTON – Dec. 12 is a significant day for Catholics with Mexican heritage. Millions of people around the world have been lighting candles, offering flowers and praying the rosary for miracles, but ...

What we know about Mother Seton’s image of Our Lady of Guadalupe begins on June 5, 1811, two years after she moved to Emmitsburg. Our Lady of Guadalupe image on display at the Seton Shrine. (photo: ...

Mexican Americans and other Latinos across the country have been lighting candles, offering flowers and praying the rosary; in Illinois, th o usands have made their famous annual pilgrimage to mark ...

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco is launching a project to increase devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe in response to Pope Francis’ call to prepare and pray as the 500th anniversary of ...

I am intrigued by Marian apparitions and love to meditate on their details and significance. When Mary appears, she bears a message that is pertinent to the people and circumstances not only of that ...

Dancers in colorful costumes swish their skirts as they walk in Tuesday’s procession honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe in Wilkes-Barre. The statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe is carried down the aisle of St ...

(RNS) — The documentary features dramatized scenes of Our Lady of Guadalupe’s apparitions and interviews with those impacted by her, including Archbishop José Gomez. (RNS) — A new documentary about ...

A horseback pilgrimage — which had 800 riders, according to the archdiocese — was the “unofficial start” of activities at the Des Plaines shrine for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which Catholics ...

A woman prays before the pilgrim image of Our Lady of Guadalupe during its Oct. 2 visit to Our Lady of Lourdes Church in East ...

The faithful from across the Chicago area got a unique chance this week to see a statue from Mexico with deep significance in the Catholic faith. The life-sized Pilgrim Mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe ...