Rev. Eduardo Chávez is the Rector of the Pontifical College of Mexico in Mexico City and a renowned historian of religion in Mexico.

Father Eduardo Chávez is well known and respected throughout Mexico and the Vatican for his critical and relentless research on our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin. But Our Lady of Guadalupe is not just for Mexico. As John Paul II stated in Ecclesia en America, she is the mother of all America. I am personally delighted that this all important work will now be available to English-language audiences. This critical and comprehensive study is a rare combination of scientific rigor and inspirational wisdom. It allows the reader to enter into the America of the 1500's and experience not only the apparitions of Our Lady, but also the life and surroundings of her messenger, Juan Diego. This book makes a great contribution to the scholarly study of this all-important devotion that marks the spiritual beginning of our New World.

• Part 1 AcknowledgmentsPart 2 AbbreviationsPart 3 Presentation of the Cardinal D. Norberto Rivera, Archbishop Primate of MexicoPart 4 PrologueChapter 5 Holy Mary of Guadalupe and Juan Diego: History or Myth?Chapter 6 The Miracle of the Guadalupe Virgin and Juan DiegoChapter 7 The Meaning of the Guadalupan EventChapter 8 The Consequences of Such an EncounterPart 9 CommentariesPart 10 Introduction: Juan Diego, Messenger of HopePart 11 Chapter 1Chapter 12 During the Trauma of the Conquest and the Death of Their Idols, the First Steps of Evangelization Were Being GivenChapter 13 The Franciscan Friars before the Antitestimony of Their Catholic CountrymenPart 14 Chapter 2Chapter 15 The Star of Evangelization Appears in the DarknessChapter 16 Juan Diego's Tilma: A Sign, a Message, a New LifePart 17 Chapter 3Chapter 18 Juan Diego, Messenger and Missionary of the Love of Our Lady of GuadalupeChapter 19 Sworn Testimonies in Informaciones Jurídicas de 1666Chapter 20 Some of the Sources that Converge with Informaciones Jurídicas de 1666Part 21 Chapter 4Chapter 22 Some Characteristics of the Indigenous Education which Draw Us Closer to Juan DiegoPart 23 Chapter 5Chapter 24 A Conversion from the Bottom of Their HeartPart 25 Chapter 6Chapter 26 A Report which Sheds Light on the Truth about the Great Devotion to Our Lady of GuadalupePart 27 Chapter 7Chapter 28 The People Marked in Their History the Guadalupan EventPart 29 Chapter 8Chapter 30 The Guadalupan Event Spreads RapidlyPart 31 Chapter 9Chapter 32 The Holiness of Juan DiegoPart 33 Chapter 10Chapter 34 A Commitment to the Whole WorldPart 35 Chapter 11Chapter 36 Pope John Paul II Canonizes Saint Juan DiegoPart 37 Historical Sources and BibliographyPart 38 IndexPart 39 About the Author and Contributors

Rev. Eduardo Chávez is the Rector of the Pontifical College of Mexico in Mexico City and a renowned historian of religion in Mexico.

Father Eduardo Chávez is well known and respected throughout Mexico and the Vatican for his critical and relentless research on our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin. But Our Lady of Guadalupe is not just for Mexico. As John Paul II stated in Ecclesia en America, she is the mother of all America. I am personally delighted that this all important work will now be available to English-language audiences. This critical and comprehensive study is a rare combination of scientific rigor and inspirational wisdom. It allows the reader to enter into the America of the 1500's and experience not only the apparitions of Our Lady, but also the life and surroundings of her messenger, Juan Diego. This book makes a great contribution to the scholarly study of this all-important devotion that marks the spiritual beginning of our New World.

• Part 1 AcknowledgmentsPart 2 AbbreviationsPart 3 Presentation of the Cardinal D. Norberto Rivera, Archbishop Primate of MexicoPart 4 PrologueChapter 5 Holy Mary of Guadalupe and Juan Diego: History or Myth?Chapter 6 The Miracle of the Guadalupe Virgin and Juan DiegoChapter 7 The Meaning of the Guadalupan EventChapter 8 The Consequences of Such an EncounterPart 9 CommentariesPart 10 Introduction: Juan Diego, Messenger of HopePart 11 Chapter 1Chapter 12 During the Trauma of the Conquest and the Death of Their Idols, the First Steps of Evangelization Were Being GivenChapter 13 The Franciscan Friars before the Antitestimony of Their Catholic CountrymenPart 14 Chapter 2Chapter 15 The Star of Evangelization Appears in the DarknessChapter 16 Juan Diego's Tilma: A Sign, a Message, a New LifePart 17 Chapter 3Chapter 18 Juan Diego, Messenger and Missionary of the Love of Our Lady of GuadalupeChapter 19 Sworn Testimonies in Informaciones Jurídicas de 1666Chapter 20 Some of the Sources that Converge with Informaciones Jurídicas de 1666Part 21 Chapter 4Chapter 22 Some Characteristics of the Indigenous Education which Draw Us Closer to Juan DiegoPart 23 Chapter 5Chapter 24 A Conversion from the Bottom of Their HeartPart 25 Chapter 6Chapter 26 A Report which Sheds Light on the Truth about the Great Devotion to Our Lady of GuadalupePart 27 Chapter 7Chapter 28 The People Marked in Their History the Guadalupan EventPart 29 Chapter 8Chapter 30 The Guadalupan Event Spreads RapidlyPart 31 Chapter 9Chapter 32 The Holiness of Juan DiegoPart 33 Chapter 10Chapter 34 A Commitment to the Whole WorldPart 35 Chapter 11Chapter 36 Pope John Paul II Canonizes Saint Juan DiegoPart 37 Historical Sources and BibliographyPart 38 IndexPart 39 About the Author and Contributors

Rev. Eduardo Chávez is the Rector of the Pontifical College of Mexico in Mexico City and a renowned historian of religion in Mexico.

Father Eduardo Chávez is well known and respected throughout Mexico and the Vatican for his critical and relentless research on our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin. But Our Lady of Guadalupe is not just for Mexico. As John Paul II stated in Ecclesia en America, she is the mother of all America. I am personally delighted that this all important work will now be available to English-language audiences. This critical and comprehensive study is a rare combination of scientific rigor and inspirational wisdom. It allows the reader to enter into the America of the 1500's and experience not only the apparitions of Our Lady, but also the life and surroundings of her messenger, Juan Diego. This book makes a great contribution to the scholarly study of this all-important devotion that marks the spiritual beginning of our New World.

• Part 1 AcknowledgmentsPart 2 AbbreviationsPart 3 Presentation of the Cardinal D. Norberto Rivera, Archbishop Primate of MexicoPart 4 PrologueChapter 5 Holy Mary of Guadalupe and Juan Diego: History or Myth?Chapter 6 The Miracle of the Guadalupe Virgin and Juan DiegoChapter 7 The Meaning of the Guadalupan EventChapter 8 The Consequences of Such an EncounterPart 9 CommentariesPart 10 Introduction: Juan Diego, Messenger of HopePart 11 Chapter 1Chapter 12 During the Trauma of the Conquest and the Death of Their Idols, the First Steps of Evangelization Were Being GivenChapter 13 The Franciscan Friars before the Antitestimony of Their Catholic CountrymenPart 14 Chapter 2Chapter 15 The Star of Evangelization Appears in the DarknessChapter 16 Juan Diego's Tilma: A Sign, a Message, a New LifePart 17 Chapter 3Chapter 18 Juan Diego, Messenger and Missionary of the Love of Our Lady of GuadalupeChapter 19 Sworn Testimonies in Informaciones Jurídicas de 1666Chapter 20 Some of the Sources that Converge with Informaciones Jurídicas de 1666Part 21 Chapter 4Chapter 22 Some Characteristics of the Indigenous Education which Draw Us Closer to Juan DiegoPart 23 Chapter 5Chapter 24 A Conversion from the Bottom of Their HeartPart 25 Chapter 6Chapter 26 A Report which Sheds Light on the Truth about the Great Devotion to Our Lady of GuadalupePart 27 Chapter 7Chapter 28 The People Marked in Their History the Guadalupan EventPart 29 Chapter 8Chapter 30 The Guadalupan Event Spreads RapidlyPart 31 Chapter 9Chapter 32 The Holiness of Juan DiegoPart 33 Chapter 10Chapter 34 A Commitment to the Whole WorldPart 35 Chapter 11Chapter 36 Pope John Paul II Canonizes Saint Juan DiegoPart 37 Historical Sources and BibliographyPart 38 IndexPart 39 About the Author and Contributors