Millions Honor Virgin of Guadalupe in Capital
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Millions of faithful flocked to Mexico City to honor their beloved Virgin of Guadalupe, only a few months after Pope John Paul II canonized the poor Indian man who is said to have seen her.Hundreds of thousands celebrated the holiday with a series of Masses as Aztec dancers skipped around traditional incense fires and pilgrims made their way to the city’s basilica.
According to tradition, a dark-skinned virgin appeared to Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin in December 1531. Millions of pilgrims in the capital commemorate the event each year.
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