One would be hard pressed to find a better example of a highly evocative national symbol than the Virgin of Guadalupe of Mexico. Like her famous Polish counterpart, the Black Madonna of Czestochowa, ...

To this day Our Lady of Guadalupe continues to work wonders large and small, noticed and unnoticed. Why hasn’t the holy image deteriorated after almost five centuries? Why do the colors remain bright?

“We see Our Lady of Guadalupe as significant for all of us ... of the famous image — the ribbon around her waist, the colors of her clothes and the moon under her feet — are symbols ...

Altogether 25 popes have officially honored Our Lady of Guadalupe. His Holiness John Paul II visited her Sanctuary four times: on his first apostolic trip outside Rome as Pope in 1979, and again ...

It to this day defies all scientific explanations of its origin. Apparently the tilma in the eyes of Our Lady of Guadalupe, even reflects what was in front of her in 1531! Her message of love and ...