Many of the top U.S. National Parks are shuttered for the winter season. Snowed in, the roads become unpassable. However, ...

Millions of faithful descend on Mexico City each year, at first by bike or by foot and then often crawling on their knees in honor, to behold Our Virgin of Guadalupe. Leonardo Batalla Barrios, a ...

Remote enough to feel wild, but close enough for a Carlsbad Caverns National Park visit, Brantley Lake State Park is a great ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A pilgrim carries an image of the Virgin of ...

SAN ANTONIO – Nearly 200 Catholic faithful took on a 17-mile pilgrimage from San Antonio’s West Side to Helotes on Friday, continuing a 37-year tradition honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe. The group set ...

Catholics are honoring one of the most popular religious devotions today. Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, also known as the Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe takes place Friday, Dec. 12, and parishes in ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. There is no figure more central to Mexican religious, cultural and national identity than the Virgin of Guadalupe.

After an all-night vigil on Dec. 11-12, some 13 million pilgrims were gathered near the Basilica to honor the Virgin of Guadalupe, who they believe appeared on the nearby hlll of Tepeyac 494 years ago ...

The new (left) and old Basilicas of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Tepeyac, Mexico City. (ProtoplasmaKid/Wikimeda Commons) If you’ve ever spent December 12 in Mexico City, you have seen it adorned with ...

“Do not let your heart be troubled. Am I not here, I who am your mother?” With this consolation — with which Our Lady of Guadalupe of Mexico addressed St. Juan Diego in December 1531 — a devotion was ...

You may have seen it framed and hanging in your grandmother’s house, on a poster carried during a protest, or even printed on a T-shirt—the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is present in places far ...

To survive and flourish, every great civilization needs to cherish the story of its origin. It is good, then, that plans are taking shape to celebrate next year’s 250th anniversary of our nation’s ...