The event commemorates the appearance of the Virgin Mary to Juan Diego, the first indigenous saint from the Americas, in 1531 AFP/Getty The virgin spoke to him in the Nahuatl language and told him ...

ON THE SLOPES OF POPOCATEPETL, Mexico (AP) — Every March 12 ... When the sun rises, hundreds of pilgrims head out from the towns of Santiago Xalintzintla, Tlamacas and San Nicolas de Los ...

Catholics in Mexico are marking the feast day of Our ... Image source, EPA Many of the pilgrims camp in front of the shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe in the night of the 11 to the 12 of December ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Nearly 15,000 people gathered on Penn's Landing to take part in a festival celebrating Mexican Independence Day on Sunday. PHOTOS: 2013 Mexican Independence Day Festival The ...

According to data released by the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City and by the government of the capital, tomorrow, December 12, an influx of about 10 million pilgrims from all over the world is ...