Stories of the Tilma
Reflections
The apparition, the science that cannot explain the image, and the symbols the Aztecs read at first glance.
Counting Down to 500 Years: Mexico Names Its Guadalupe Centenary Leader
Father Eduardo Chávez, postulator of Saint Juan Diego's cause, will lead Mexico City's preparations for the 500th anniversary of the apparitions in 2031. Who he is, what he says the celebration is for, and how parishes can start preparing now.
Every Stop a Marian Stop: Pope Leo XIV in Latin America
Pope Leo XIV's first apostolic voyage to Latin America runs November 6–17, 2026, across Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru. It doesn't include Mexico — but the itinerary is deeply Marian, with an Our Lady of Guadalupe parish, the Basilica of Luján, Our Lady of Peace, and a Marian coronation on the schedule.
A Jubilee Year for Guadalupe: 50 Years Since the Transfer
On October 12, 2026, Pope Leo XIV opens a Jubilee Year marking a half-century since the tilma was carried into the New Basilica. Here's what it is, what it means, and how to receive the plenary indulgence.
The Sign on the Tilma: How Mary Appeared to Juan Diego
Four apparitions on the hill of Tepeyac, a bed of Castilian roses on barren ground, and an image that no human hand had painted.
What Science Cannot Explain About the Tilma
A cactus-fiber cloak that should have crumbled in twenty years has lasted nearly five hundred. Nobel chemists, NASA scientists, and ophthalmologists have all tried — and failed — to explain it.
A Codex in the Image: What the Aztecs Read
To the Spanish, it was a portrait. To the Aztecs, every fold, star, and color spoke. Inside the picture is a complete message written in two cultures at once.