Reconquista
Que viva la Morenita de Tepeyac.
Speaking of which, the Chicagoland sanctuary of Maryville -- home to the Stateside church's largest annual gathering (as many as some 200,000 Guadalupe revelers on the night of 11-12 December, roads closed to traffic for miles around) -- is looking to amp up its profile... and quite deservedly so.
And the tableau wouldn't be complete without... matachines, go:
For the record, the expected move isn't so much the creation of a precedent as a return to one -- the first five ordinaries of what would become the LA church were Spanish-born.
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