US EditionThousands of Devotees Flood Mexico City for Virgin of Guadalupe Pilgrimage
An estimated 10 million pilgrims traveled to the basilica for prayer, thanksgiving, and penitence during the Virgin of Guadalupe feast, a key cultural and religious event in Mexico.
- Millions of pilgrims from across Mexico converge on the Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City, this month for the Virgin of Guadalupe’s feast, with an estimated 10 million attending.
- Rooted in tradition, pilgrims undertake multi-day treks this month as acts of faith, penitence and thanks, seeking health, family blessings and peace while honoring the Virgin of Guadalupe and Juan Diego.
- Crawling and knee-walking, Edivaldo Hernández Villar and others approach the basilica doors while Antonio and Jesús Zamora prepare a 260-mile run; inside, Mass is celebrated hourly with an electronic walkway.
- Locally, the La Villa neighborhood fills with trucks festooned with wreaths and lights and pilgrims camp in the streets, while international tour groups arrive and some migrants in the U.S. cannot visit due to lack of travel documents this year.
- Rooted in history, religious scholars say the Guadalupe Tonantzin blends Indigenous and Christian beliefs, ties to Tepeyac Hill, and limits evangelical Christianity, sustaining Catholic dominance in Mexico.
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Mexico City, Dec 12 (EFE).- As every December 12, the Virgin of Guadalupe turned her festivity into an explosion of devotion and Mexican identity of millions of faithful from all over the world to the capital Basilica of Guadalupe to honor the patron saint of the Mexican capital, the “Virgen Morena”, with songs, dances and prayers. Already from dawn, the religious enclosure and its proximity looked crowded, in an expression of faith that year by…
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MEXICO CITY — Edivaldo Hernández Villar crawled on his knees toward the Basilica of Guadalupe, wincing and whispering prayers. It was the final stretch of a punishing four-day pilgrimage to Mexico's most venerated shrine, where Catholics ...
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