Overview
- Mexico City authorities and national media report expectations of roughly 13 million pilgrims at the Basílica de Guadalupe for the December 12 observance.
- Univision will broadcast Las Mañanitas live starting Thursday at 11:30 p.m. ET, with Raúl González and María Antonieta Collins hosting and coverage culminating in the Misa de Gallo; the event also streams on ViX.
- This year’s serenade at the Basílica lists performers including Carlos Rivera, Ana Cirré, Víctor García, Aída Cuevas, Daniela Romo, Alex Fernández and Lucero Mijares, accompanied by Mariachi Gama Mil.
- The televised tradition began with an improvised Mañanitas in 1955 and evolved into a star-studded broadcast in the 1970s, while the widely sung La Guadalupana is commonly attributed to Manuel Esperón and Ernesto Cortázar, with older sources crediting Jesuit Saturnino Junquera.
- Transnational celebrations include major gatherings at the Des Plaines sanctuary in Illinois, events at Los Angeles and New York cathedrals, and local processions such as a Tijuana pilgrimage led by Father Raimundo.