Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

85,000 People Make Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe

85,000 people made the pilgrimage to the Church Our Lady of Guadalupe in Puerto Vallarta during this year’s Nuestra Seniora de Guadalupe, or Festival of Guadalupe.

The festival begins each year on December 1 and continues through December 12 and marks the celebration of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Seniora de Guadalupe, revealing herself to Juan Diego at the Hill of Tepeyac, now part of Mexico City.

The festival brings thousands of people from around the area to Puerto Vallarta where the Patron Saint and city’s main church is the Lady of Guadalupe.

On December 9, 1531, by . . .

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