![]() ![]() In 1580 a painting of the Assumption of the Virgin arrived in the area floating on floodwaters and ended up in the mud on the property of an Indigenous cacique, or chief, known as Izayoque, according to a book about the church written by Fr. Set in the working-class residential neighborhood of Guerrero and carrying one of Mary's titles, Our Lady of the Angels has a history dating to the late 16th century. He exhorted parishioners to support the church as the restoration progresses, saying, "The wait is not passive, and the temple is not going to be rebuilt on its own or only with the help of the government. 19, 2017, quake, work was finally resuming on restoration of the Catholic temple, which houses the treasured Virgin considered miraculous for having survived floods and earthquakes. ![]() Behind the priest was a wax painting of the Virgin Mary, a replica of the one on the wall inside the building and all but out of sight for the faithful.īut Vázquez's excitement was so great that it couldn't even be hidden by his pandemic facemask as he delivered the good news: Just weeks before the anniversary of the Sept. To the left stood the still-broken church, with deep cracks in the walls, its half-collapsed dome supported by scaffolding and a leaning column. Mass, flanked by piles of rubble from the sanctuary left there by a deadly earthquake nearly five years ago. Adrián Vázquez led parishioners seated in pews and plastic chairs in celebrating 10 a.m. Mexico City - Under a white tent on the street outside Our Lady of the Angels on a recent Sunday, Fr. ![]()
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