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Some 20 million people a year are inspired to come and pray and thank her for her help. &#8220;This place has become a place of worship,&#8221; says Monsignor Jorge Antonio Palencia of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virgin Mary has been a companion throughout important events in Mexico\u2019s national history, says Monsignor Jorge Antonio Palencia. \u201cOur Lady has accompanied the nation across the foundation, through the independence movement, then through the revolution movement.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/08\/07\/november-21-2014-lady-guadalupe-basilica\/24655\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":24680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[1780,17758,10380],"class_list":["post-24655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-mexico","tag-spain","tag-virgin-of-guadalupe","topics-faith-and-spirituality","topics-international","faith-catholic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica | November 21, 2014 | Religion &amp; 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