Record-breaking 2.4 million people take part in Our Lady of Zapopan pilgrimage in Mexico

The Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan in Zapopan, Mexico. / Andum via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)Denver Newsroom, Oct 13, 2022 / 13:13 pm (CNA).After being suspended for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pilgrimage of the Virgin of Zapopan in Mexico's Jalisco state drew 2.4 million devotees.The figure was confirmed by state governor Enrique Alfaro, who announced on Twitter that "in its 288 years of tradition, the record of participants was broken."The Pilgrimage of the Virgin of Zapopan has been considered an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity since 2018 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.Every year the image of Our Lady of Zapopan is returned from the Cathedral of Guadalajara to the Basilica of Zapopan.On Sept. 15, 1821, this image of Our Lady was given the honorary title of "General" of the Trigarante Army, which went on to win Mexico's independence from Spain less than a week later. The army, led by Gen. Agustín de Iturbi...

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