Catholic Church in Mexico cancels Guadalupe pilgrimage over pandemic cruxnow.com
Mexico’s Catholic Church announced the cancellation Monday of what’s considered the world’s largest Catholic pilgrimage, for the Virgin of Guadalupe, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mexico’s Episcopal Conference said in a statement that the basilica will be closed from December 10-13. The Virgin is celebrated on Dec. 12 and for weeks in advance, pilgrims travel from across Mexico to gather by the millions in Mexico City…
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- St. Christopher Magallanes and CompanionsSt. Christopher Magallanes and Companions Feast date: May 21 “Long live Christ the King and the Virgin of Guadalupe!”This was the slogan of the “Cristero” uprising in the 1920’s against the anti-Catholic government of Mexico which had instituted and enforced laws against the Church in an absurd attempt to eradicate the Catholic faith in Mexico, […]
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