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A local debate has been brewing in San Diego over the last few days over an illegally placed piece of art. See the amateur video of a local TV news report about the “Surfing Madonna.”  

Tomorrow marks the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas and of the Diocese of Phoenix. Largely because of that, and the coming Christmas season, there are a lot of events going on this weekend. Here’s a quick look at some of them: Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration at Resurrection. Our Lady [...]

For our feature on Our Lady of Guadalupe, which we published last week, I interviewed James DeMars, creator of “Guadalupe: Our Lady of the Roses.” He and his producer, Robert Doyle, sat down with me for a long interview before Thanksgiving and described some of the challenges behind writing the opera. DeMars, who teaches at [...]

I saw in the news today that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited the Basilica of St. Mary of Guadalupe her visit to Mexico. I saw the photos on Catholic News Service, and recognized the rector of the basilica, Msgr. Diego Monroy Ponce. I had the honor to speak with the monsignor when he [...]

It’s been six days since parishes across the Phoenix Diocese celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and even longer since Catholics joined to honor their mother. Still, I thought this video might help those of us who are relatively new to Our Lady of Guadalupe understand her a little better. I came across [...]