The tilma is Juan Diego’s cloak, the cloth that carries the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. You will find it in Mexico City, above the altar of her basilica, and more than 12 million pilgrims make their way there every December. By the old account Juan Diego was a poor Indian of Cuautitlan who, in December 1531, carried roses to his bishop in that cloak, and when he let them fall, her image was on the cloth. Catholics honour…

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