“Every Mexican child raised in a Catholic home knows the story. Early in Mexico’s colonial period, in 1531, Juan Diego, a recently Christianized Indigenous Chichimec man working near Mexico City, had a revelation: The Virgin Mary appeared to him one day while on his way to work.”
Andrea Fischer, Writer
The Virgin of Guadalupe has been venerated in Mexico since the 16th century, but was her image the work of divine providence or a talented artist known as the Michelangelo…
When the Nazis came to power in Germany, so-called “degenerate” Surrealist artists were forced to flee. Fortunately, Mexico City beckoned.
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Luisa Navarro is on a mission to share her love of Mexico, and its traditional arts and crafts, through her popular blog, Mexico in My Pocket. She’s also written a…
