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December 14, 1931
"Scene within the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City December 12, as an estimated half a million people visited the basilica in ceremonies which marked the 400th anniversary of the supposed appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico's Patron saint, to a humble Indian. The celebration drew the wrath of El Nacional, organ of the National Revolutionary (Government) Party. It devoted considerable space in its sheet to an attack on the clergy and the church. The war Department dismissed its headquarters band from the army because it gave an unauthorized concert at the celebration at the Basilica."
Friday, January 4, 2013
August 7, 1969
"SLOWLY SINKING - This is the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, where in 1531 the Virgin of Guadalupe was said to have appeared on the site. Sanctuary was originally a small chapel. But complex has grown. Here it appears somewhat tilted. Problem is that it rests on a slippery clay subsoil and buildings are sinking. Catholic Church and government are engaged in a program to restore the complex."
December 18, 1929
"Mexican churches celebrate opening of churches at traditional religious ceremony"
"One hundred thousand of the faithful gathered at he Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico the other day, to pay their annual reverence to the Shrine of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, and gave thanksgiving for the settlement of the turbulent church and state problem, and the opening of churches. This marked the first time since 1925, that the archbishop Diaz and priests held these services. This pictures shows a view in front of the Basilica, with the picturesque bazaar of hundreds of stands, where candles, religious ornaments and food food were sold to the pilgrims."
Date Unknown
"CHURCH OF GUADALUPE, NEAR MEXICO. - Half an hour ride from the Plaza mayor, Mexico, stand the cathedral and chapel which are the principal objects of interest in Guadalupe. From the chapel a fine view of the valley of Mexico is enjoyed. The cathedral is a brick building, with a dome and four towers. a solid silver railing, a yard high, leading from the choir to the high altar and extending round the edge of the latter, is that feature of the interior which excites the greatest interest in the mind of the average tourist. Oil paintings of no particular merit, wax work, and the carvings on the choir impress the devout only less than the picture of the Virgin Mary which hangs in the high altar. The story of how the Blessed Lady appeared to Juan Diego, a poor working Indian, is told in verses and sold at the door of the cathedral, in which are celebrated special festivities in her honor."
June 30, 1962
"MEXICANS CELEBRATE FEAST OF THE VIRGIN - THOUSANDS PRAY AT SHRINE OF GUADALUPE, WHERE SHE WAS SEEN 399 YEARS AGO.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico-- The interior of the famous Guadalupe cathedral where Mexico celebrated the beginning of the 400th year since the miraculous appearance of the Blessed Virgin here to a humble Indian named Juan, near the site on which the great shrine, dedicated under the title of the Virgin of Guadalupe, now stands."
"PRESIDENT AND MRS. KENNEDY SUNDAY WILL JOIN THE RANKS OF THE 5 MILLION PILGRIMS WHO ANNUALLY VISIT NOTED SHRINE."
October 6, 1992
PILGRIMAGE
"Pilgrims participate in the Virgin of Guadalupe Festival outside the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexico City last October 6. Mexico is one of the World's most populous and catholic countries. Yet for the past 75 years, the church, legally has not existed, but that is changing. recent constitutional amendments are ending church-state clashes that started in the 1820's."
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