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A painting of Franciscan missionary Pedro de Gante with Juan Diego, whom the friar baptized along with Diego’s wife in 1525.

Meet the Franciscan friar who baptized St. Juan Diego

Dec 9, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Many people know the story of St. Juan Diego but are less familiar with the Franciscan missionary who baptized him. Read more

Participants in the Eucharistic procession walk up Capitol Hill, near the Tennessee State Capitol, in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 28, 2024.

Over 1,000 process with Eucharist through downtown Nashville to historic churches

Jul 2, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

The four-mile procession brought Christ through several neighborhoods in and around the downtown area on the hot morning of June... Read more

Pope Francis meets with members of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America on June 27, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis emphasizes model of St. Juan Diego for Church in Latin America

Jun 27, 2024

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Francis received on June 27 at the Vatican the members and advisers of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. Read more

Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Why is Our Lady of Guadalupe patroness of the unborn?

Dec 12, 2023

By Katie Yoder

The Virgin of Guadalupe is not only considered the patroness of the Americas, but she is also patroness of the... Read more

San Juan Diego Migrant House in the state of Mexico.

St. Juan Diego migrant hostel: a refuge on the route through Mexico

Nov 2, 2023

By Diego López Colín

St. Juan Diego Migrant House in central Mexico has become a refuge for those undertaking dangerous journeys in search of... Read more

Pope Francis offers Mass on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in St. Peter's Basilica on Dec. 12, 2020.

Pope Francis: Like Our Lady of Guadalupe, mothers can be great evangelizers today

Aug 23, 2023

By Courtney Mares

In his catechesis on evangelization on Aug. 23, the pope spoke about how the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe... Read more

The Virgin of Guadalupe in the new basilica

Mexican archdiocese shares first photo ever taken of image of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Nov 17, 2022

By CNA Staff

“On the afternoon of May 18, 1923, photographer Manuel Ramos had the honor of being the first to photograph the... Read more

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Dec. 12, 2021.

Pope Francis: ‘May Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego teach us how to always walk together’

Dec 12, 2021

By CNA Staff

The pope looked ahead to the Jubilee of Guadalupe in 2031. Read more

Photo courtesy of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

St. Juan Diego hailed as messenger of hope, healing for Native Americans

Dec 9, 2020

The Feast of St. Juan Diego, an Aztec peasant who witnessed an indigenous apparition of the Virgin Mary and later... Read more