Patronal Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

2025 Edition: The visit of the Cardinal Vicar

On Friday, December 12, 2025, the basilica in the Aurelio district experienced a particularly significant patronal feast. In the afternoon, Cardinal Vicar Baldo Reina met with the parish community entrusted to the Legionaries of Christ, learning firsthand about the pastoral activities of Mexico's national church in Rome: catechesis, family programs, youth ministry, and charitable volunteering.

In the evening, the cardinal presided over the solemn mass of Our Lady of Guadalupe before a basilica packed with Mexican, Latin American, and Roman faithful. In his homily, he invited everyone to entrust their own anxieties and worries to the maternal presence of Mary, reminding them that the Virgin «asks for nothing, she simply asks that we acknowledge her presence».