Mexico City Pilgrimage destinationsMexico City Pilgrimage - Zocalo The Cathedral is located in the city center square called the Zocalo The Zocalo is a massive concrete area signed with a giant flag. The former the Merchants' arcade on the west side has cafés and even a traditional hat shop! To the East side of the plaza stands the National Palace, a group of buildings erected as the seat of civil power from the days of the Viceroyalty until the present. Its interior has several patios, corridors, and stairways graced by impressive murals by Diego Rivera whose symbolism depicts, in great detail, key episodes of Mexico's history. The Cathedral and its Vestry Through its imposing sun-bathed baroque and neoclassical facade the visitor enters the ethereal half-light of this Holy site, with its five separate naves, its chapels and its religious paintings. The Altars are all outstanding. The religious ceremonies are performed with the full dignity of the Catholic faith, choirs and organs. The City's soft clay subsoil, excessive water exploitation, has propitiated the gradual sinking of many buildings such as the Cathedral. Restoration works, partially visible, have prevented its collapse. Inside the Cathedral is an side Altar with a Blackened Christ with bent legs. This is due to aMiracle in which this Crucifix saved the life of an Archbishop. 
Pilgrimage to Mexico City - Shrine of Miguel Pro The Shrine of Blessed Miguel Pro is in the beautiful Jesuit Church of the Holy Family in Colonia Roma, D.F. (Mexico City). After the ritual exhumation during the Beatification process in 1988, Father Pro's relics were reserved in a small chapel in this church until November of 1997 when they were translated into the main sanctuary in order to make them more accessible for veneration by the faithful.] Visitors to the shrine may also wish to visit nearby Buena Prensa, the Jesuit publishing group, which has a small collection of items concerning Blessed Miguel Pro. We have extensive information on Blessed Miguel Pro and the Mexican Martyrs. 
Pilgrimage to Mexico City - Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe It is an important pilgrimage site and is visited by several million people every year, especially around December 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe's Feast day. 
Tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe It is an important pilgrimage site and is visited by several million people every year, especially around December 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe's Feast day. The new Basilica houses the original tilma (or apron) of Juan Diego that shows the icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In addition inside the new Basilica is aCrucifix that survived 29 sticks of dynamite to destroy the Shrine. 
Our Lady of Guadalupe - Fifth Apparition On the road to the Pyramids is an Church that is known as theChurch of the Fifth Apparition. Here is where Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego's uncle and healed him miraculously. 
Pilgrimage to Mexico City - Teotihuacan - Pyramids Teotihuacan is an enormous archaeological site in the Basin of Mexico, containing some of the largest pyramidal structures built in the pre-Columbian Americas. Apart from the pyramidal structures, Teotihuacan is also known for its large residential complexes, the Avenue of the Dead, and numerous colorful, well-preserved murals. |
