While the liturgy of the Church will celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe on Monday, given this December 12 is the 3rd Sunday of Advent, the Pope noted her feast day after he prayed the midday Angelus in St. Peter's Square.
"Allow me to change to Spanish so I can warmly greet the communities of the entire Latin American continent and the Philippines – how many flags from Latin American countries – who have gathered here in Saint Peter’s Square to recite the Rosary in honour of the Virgin of Guadalupe and to consecrate themselves to her, congratulations!," he said.
Noting how Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Empress of the whole American continent, the Holy Father said, "I congratulate you who, by doing this, have united yourselves to those who from Alaska to Patagonia are celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of the true God by whom we live, every 12 December."
