Six Million Pilgrims Celebrate “Birthday” of Virgin of Guadalupe By Edna Alcantara MEXICO CITY – Some six million pilgrims from all corners of Mexico and other countries in Central America on Sunday celebrated the traditional “mañanitas” (birthday) of the Virgin of Guadalupe, an event considered to be the largest Catholic celebration of its kind in the Americas. People of all ages, including pregnant women and the disabled, jammed the main avenues of the Mexican capital and the area … [More]
