The 4-foot-5 wooden statue of Santo Toribio Romo González is venerated by immigrants for helping them reach the "dream land" — the United States — safely and successfully.

The 4-foot-tall statue of Santo Toribio Romo Gonzalez was flown from the Mexican state of Jalisco and is making stops in churches in three California counties, the Los Angeles Times reported.

HAWTHORNE, Calif. (KABC) -- The faithful are flocking to a sacred statue of Santo Toribio Romo Gonzalez in Hawthorne. The statue, which was flown here from Mexico, represents a Catholic saint who ...

My uncertain destination was the eighth-century monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana, where a relic of the True Cross is venerated. The Moorish invaders of AD 711 never quite conquered this part ...