Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes Archives

Pandemic forces ‘virtual’ Virgin of Guadalupe day in Mexico

Dec 12, 2020

For the first time in decades, Mexico’s Catholics were forced on Saturday to abandon what many consider the world’s largest religious pilgrimage, in which millions visit Mexico City’s Basilica of Guadalupe on Dec. 12.

By Maria Verza

Pope says Catholics can receive plenary indulgence for Guadalupe devotion

Dec 8, 2020

With the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe closed for her feast to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Pope Francis said Catholics still can receive a plenary indulgence Dec. 11 and 12 for their Marian devotion if they follow certain conditions.

By Catholic News Service

Mexican cardinal feared ‘failing’ grade from Virgin if Guadalupe celebrations not cancelled

Nov 25, 2020

Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, archbishop of Mexico City, said the Virgin Mary would have given him a “failing grade” if he hadn’t cancelled the festivities surrounding the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

By Inés San Martín

Devotion to Sacred Heart increases in Mexico during pandemic

Jun 22, 2020

Father Andres Esteban Lopez recently brought hundreds of “detentes” — small emblems of the Sacred Heart of Jesus — to a Mexico City hospital, where he enters the intensive care units to pray the rosary and visit patients with COVID-19.

By David Agren

Bishops dedicate Americas to Our Lady of Guadalupe during pandemic

Apr 14, 2020

Latin American and Caribbean bishops have dedicated the Americas to the care of Our Lady of Guadalupe, praying for her “maternal protection” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By David Agren

Mexican churches attacked during Women’s Day marches

Mar 11, 2020

Across Mexico, including in the capital Mexico City, protestors attacked Catholic cathedrals, mostly by throwing paint on the churches, but some attacks incendiary devices, including Molotov cocktails.

By Inés San Martín