Ameyalli Diaz Castro

Ameyalli Diaz Castro is an author at Religion News Service.

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For Mexico’s Virgin of Zapopan, a 300-year-old journey home from Guadalajara

By Ameyalli Diaz Castro — October 16, 2018
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (RNS) — Every year, millions of Catholic pilgrims accompany the medieval statue of Our Lady of Expectation as it is carried from the cathedral in Guadalajara to its home in neighboring Zapopan.

Photo essay: Mexican festival honors Mary and maize

By Ameyalli Diaz Castro — August 17, 2018
Every year on August 15, the Virgin of the Assumption is venerated at the end of La Feria del Elote, a two-week-long corn festival in Jala, Mexico.
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