This week, hundreds of thousands of Catholics – mostly Mexican Americans and other Latinos – will make their yearly pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, but concerns over enhanced immigration enforcement in the Chicago area could have an impact on attendance.
Leaders at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe said the annual pilgrimage is an opportunity for people to gather at a time when they might need some spiritual healing.
Every year, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe commemorates the date when Catholics believe the Virgin Mary appeared before Saint Juan Diego in Mexico in 1531, leaving an image of herself on his cloak…