Editing Our Lady of Guadalupe (section)

==Veneration==
[[File:Santa Fe, NM USA - Santuario De Guadalupe (The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe) - panoramio.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Santuario de Guadalupe]] is the oldest church in the USA dedicated to the [[Virgin of Guadalupe]]]]

The shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe is the most visited Catholic pilgrimage destination in the world. Over the Friday and Saturday of December 11 to 12, 2009, a record number of 6.1&nbsp;million pilgrims visited the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City to commemorate the anniversary of the apparition.<ref name="zenit.org">[http://www.zenit.org/article-27841?l=english Znit.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113113813/http://www.zenit.org/article-27841?l=english |date=November 13, 2011 }}</ref>

Religious imagery of Our Lady of Guadalupe appears in Roman Catholic parishes, especially those with Latin American heritage.<ref name="Johnson2015">{{cite book|last=Johnson|first=Maxwell E.|title=The Church in Act: Lutheran Liturgical Theology in Ecumenical Conversation|year=2015|publisher=Fortress Press|language=en|isbn=978-1451496680|page=187}}</ref> <section end=Alleged corruption in the Catholic Church transclusion/>In addition, due to the growth of [[History of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States|Hispanic communities in the United States]], religious imagery of Our Lady of Guadalupe has started appearing in some [[Lutheran]], [[Anglican]], and [[Methodist]] churches.<ref name="Johnson2015"/> 

The Virgin of Guadalupe is considered the Patroness of Mexico and the Continental Americas; she is also venerated by Native Americans, on the account of the devotion calling for the conversion of the Americas.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Our-Lady-of-Guadalupe-patron-saint-of-Mexico | title=Our Lady of Guadalupe &#124; Description, History, & Facts &#124; Britannica }}</ref> 

Due to Mary's appearance as a pregnant mother and her claims as mother of all in the apparition, the [[Blessed Virgin Mary]], under this title is popularly invoked as ''Patroness of the Unborn'' and a common image for the [[Pro-Life]] movement.<ref name="hli">{{cite web |title=The Patroness of the Unborn: Our Lady of Guadalupe |url=https://www.hli.org/about-us/our-lady-of-guadalupe-patroness-of-the-unborn/ |website=Human Life International |date=December 13, 2012 |access-date=November 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://udayton.edu/imri/mary/k/knots-in-marys-garments.php | title=Knots in Mary's Garments : University of Dayton, Ohio }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://goanchurches.info/saint/our-lady-of-guadalupe/ | title=Goan Churches &#124; Information on all Churches in Goa }}</ref>

===Pontifical approbations===
* [[Pope Benedict XIV]], in the [[papal bull]] ''Non est Equidem'' of May 25, 1754, declared Our Lady of Guadalupe patroness of what was then named "New Spain", corresponding to Spanish Central and Northern America, and included liturgical texts for the [[Catholic Mass]] and the Roman [[Breviary]] in her honor.<ref>{{cite book |author-last1=Turner |author-first1=Victor |author-link1=Victor Turner |author-link2=Edith Turner (anthropologist) |author-last2=Turner |author-first2=Edith |title=Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture |year=1978 |publisher=Columbia University Press |location=New York |page=79 |isbn=9780231157919}}</ref>
* [[Pope Leo XIII]] granted a decree of coronation towards the original Mexican relic on February 8, 1887,{{sfn|Poole|2006|p=59}} which was carried out on October 12, 1895.{{sfn|Poole|2006|pp=81-82}}
* [[Pope Pius X]] declared her patroness of the [[Republic of Mexico]] on June 16, 1910, via decree ''Gratia quae'', signed and notarized by Cardinal [[Rafael Merry del Val]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-x/la/apost_letters/documents/hf_p-x_apl_19100616_gratiae-quae.html |title= Gratiae, quae |author= Pope Pius X |author-link= Pope Pius X |date= June 16, 1910 |language= la |access-date= June 28, 2022 }}</ref> 
* [[Pope Pius XII]] mentioned the venerated image via public radio address honoring its fiftieth anniversary of coronation on October 12, 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/es/speeches/1945/documents/hf_p-xii_spe_19451012_guadalupe-mexico.html |title= Radiomensaje de Su Santidad Pío XII a los fieles mexicanos en el 50 aniversario de la coronación canónica de la Virgen de Guadalupe |author= Pope Pius XII |author-link= Pope Pius XII |date= October 12, 1945 |language= es |trans-title= Radio message of His Holiness Pius XII to the Mexican faithful on the 50th anniversary of the canonical coronation of the Virgin of Guadalupe |access-date= March 20, 2022 }}</ref> 
* [[Pope Paul VI]] granted the image a [[Golden Rose]] on March 20, 1966, and consigned it to Cardinal [[Carlo Confalonieri]] as his [[Papal legate|legate]], who presented it at the Basilica on May 31, 1966.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/es/speeches/1966/documents/hf_p-vi_spe_19660531_rosa-oro.html |title= Radiomensaje del Santo Padre Pablo VI con motivo de la entrega de la Rosa de Oro a la Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe |author= Pope Paul VI |author-link= Pope Paul VI |date= May 31, 1966 |language= es |trans-title= Radio message of the Holy Father Paul VI on the occasion of the presentation of the Golden Rose to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe |access-date= March 22, 2022 }}</ref>
* [[Pope John Paul II]]:
** Visited her shrine on January 27, 1979, on his first trip as pope.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Dherbier |editor1-first=Yann-Brice |editor2-last=Verlhac |editor2-first=Pierre-Henri |title=Pope John Paul II: A Life in Pictures |date=2005 |publisher=powerHouse Books |isbn=1-57687-265-3 |page=100 |url=https://archive.org/details/popejohnpauliili0000unse/mode/2up}}</ref> He was the first pope to visit the shrine.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Feeney |first1=Robert |title=Mother of the Americas |date=1993 |publisher=Aquinas Press |isbn=0-9622347-2-9 |page=56 |edition=Second |url=https://archive.org/details/motherofamericas0000feen/mode/2up}}</ref> He visited again in 1990, 1999, and 2002.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hardon |first1=John |author1-link=John Hardon |title=Catholic Dictionary |date=2013 |publisher=[[Image Books]] |isbn=978-0-307-88634-7 |page=200 |edition=Updated 2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1MsufgDEL1oC}}</ref>
**On May 12, 1992, he dedicated a namesake chapel within the grottoes under [[Saint Peter's Basilica]] at the [[Vatican City|Vatican]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/2006/tiene-virgen-de-guadalupe-lugar-unico-en-el-vaticano.html |title=Tiene Virgen de Guadalupe lugar único en el Vaticano |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=March 13, 2007 |website=[[El Siglo de Torreón]] |access-date=December 24, 2023 |language= Spanish |trans-title= The Virgin of Guadalupe has a unique place in the Vatican}}</ref> 
** On September 28, 2002, he included the liturgical celebration of this Marian title in the [[General Roman Calendar]] as an optional [[memorial (liturgy)|memorial]] for December 12.<ref>{{cite book |title=Notitiae |author=Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship |author-link=Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments |volume=451-452 |page=197 |date=2004 |url=http://www.cultodivino.va/content/cultodivino/it/rivista-notitiae/indici-annate/2004/451-452.html |access-date= December 21, 2023 |language=latin }}</ref>
* [[Pope Francis]]:
** Granted the image a second [[Golden Rose]] via Cardinal [[Marc Ouellet]] for presentation at the Basilica on November 18, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |work=Catholic News Agency |date=November 22, 2013 |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/28500/pope-francis-sends-golden-rose-to-our-lady-of-guadalupe |title=Pope Francis sends golden rose to Our Lady of Guadalupe |access-date=March 25, 2015}}</ref> 
** Granted a new golden crown to the image during his apostolic visit to the Basilica on February 13, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aleteia.org/2016/02/14/pope-caps-first-day-in-mexico-visiting-with-our-lady-of-guadalupe/ |title=Pope Caps First Day in Mexico Visiting With Our Lady of Guadalupe |last=Burger |first=John |date=February 14, 2016 |publisher=Aleteia |access-date=December 21, 2023}}</ref>