The culture of La Virgen de Guadalupe

Natalie Howe | Tuesday, December 5, 2017

One of the most iconic symbols of Catholic- Latino and Mexican identity, La Virgen de Guadalupe holds cultural and religious importance since her apparition in central Mexico during the 1500s. She has been attributed with initiating the large conversion of native Mexicans to Catholicism after presenting herself to Juan Diego, an indigenous boy who was