The faithful believe the Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, an Aztec who converted to Catholicism, in several visions on the outskirts of Mexico City in 1531.

Terry Mattingly is on vacation this week. This column is from December 2024. The cloak worn by St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin was made from rough cactus materials from central Mexico, and it should ...

The story holds that Mary appeared to Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin on a hillside, asking him to request that the bishop build a church there.

Juan Diego, who’s existence is as debated as is this story, also made his way there to seek solace for his own losses and worries. He was suffering, as were his people.

According to the Knights of Columbus website, as well as many other resources, almost 500 years ago, in the area known as Tepeyac, near Mexico City, Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin met a beautiful woman ...

Mattingly: The cloak worn by St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin made from rough cactus materials should have deteriorated after 15-30 years.

The cloak worn by St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin was made from rough cactus materials from central Mexico and it should have deteriorated after 15 to 30 years.

The bishops referenced Mary's 16th-century apparition as Our Lady of Guadalupe, on the hilltop of Tepeyac in what is now Mexico City, to St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin.

The origin of this celebration dates back to December 12, 1531, when tradition says that the Virgin Mary appeared for the fourth time to Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin on the hill of Tepeyac.

The cloak worn by St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin was made from rough cactus materials from central Mexico, and it should have deteriorated after 15-30 years. But this "tilma" remains intact, and ...

Per Catholic teachings, the Virgin Mary appeared four times on the Tepeyac hill before Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, a Nahua man.

The day is celebrated in the Catholic tradition when St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, an early Franciscan missionary, saw an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary on his way to mass.