San Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin: 'The first Indigenous saint of the Americas'
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A painting by Rick Ortega in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego is pictured Nov. 20, 2019, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. (OSV News photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Los Angeles).. (CNS photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Los Angeles/Trenton Monitor)

San Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin: ‘The first Indigenous saint of the Americas’

OSV News – "Morenita del Tepeyac." "Queen of Mexico." "Empress of the Americas." These are some of the titles used to honor the Virgin of Guadalupe, revered not only in Mexico, but across Latin America and throughout the world. Yet, this devotion would not have been possible without a humble Indigenous man named Juan Diego…...