It is hardly a coincidence that in 1945, the year that World War II ended, Pope Pius XII looked at the suffering, fragmented world and declared Our Lady of Guadalupe patroness of the Americas.
The apparition of Our Lady to the Indian Juan Diego was a transforming event in history, one that marked “the beginning of evangelization with a vitality that surpassed all expectations,” as Pope John Paul II emphasized in his homily for Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin’s canonization on July 31, 2002.
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