Overview
- Mexico City officials project more than 12 million visitors to the Basilica of Guadalupe between December 8 and 12, prompting extensive crowd and services planning.
- Ecclesiastical and civil authorities have deployed a special operation to manage safety, medical attention, and orderly access throughout the pilgrimage period.
- The Basilica published its program: December 11 features a capitular Mass at 9:00, solemn vespers at 17:00, and a national serenade at 18:30; December 12 includes Las Mañanitas at 00:00 and the Misa de las Rosas at 12:00 led by Cardinal Carlos Aguirre Retes.
- Morelia’s Santuario de Guadalupe announced December 9–12 liturgies, traditional Danza de Inditos y Guarecitas, blessings, and celebrations led by Cardinal Alberto Suárez Inda, Archbishop Carlos Garfias Merlos, and Archbishop Coadjutor José Armando Álvarez Cano.
- The celebrations mark devotion to the 1531 Tepeyac apparition to Juan Diego, as the Church also looks ahead to 2031 planning for the 500th anniversary of the Acontecimiento Guadalupano.