The new law in Arizona authorizing police to arrest individuals who cannot show documents proving that they are in the country legally has set off a fresh bout of acrimony. But as in the past, much of the debate is founded on mythology.

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The Appearance of La Virgen de Guadalupe

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Translation by Fr. Martinus Cawley of a text published in the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs by Luis Lasso de la Vega in 1649 about the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It comes from a booklet printed by the Monks of Guadalupe, Guadalupe Abbey, Box 97, Lafayette, Oregon 97127. Add a comment

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Censoring Our Ladies

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In the book, "Goddess of the Americas", Sandra Cisneros writes one piece called "Guadalupe the Sex Goddess" in which she recalls the attitudes she was raised with about her womanhood, body and sexuality. Even in the locker room, the Latina girls would hide their bodies while the others walked around confidently.

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Our Lady of Guadalupe

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Because I am truly your compassionate mother, yours and of all the people who live together in this land, and of all the other people of different ancestries, my lovers, those who cry to me, those who seek me, those who trust in me, because there I will listen to their weeping, their sadness, to remedy, to cleanse and nurse all their different troubles, their miseries, their suffering. Add a comment

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Altar of My Soul:

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When I told someone I was reading a book about Santería, they wanted to know if it was scary. Santería first existed as a religion brought over by African Yoruba slaves to the Spanish colonies. With their religion demonized, they found a way to continue honoring their ancestors and Orisha by hiding them behind Catholic saints. Five-hundred years later, Santería initiates have to battle images put forth by movies like The Believers and the designation of &"cult" or "superstition" by mainstream religions or media.

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Where in the World is Juan Diego?

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The Catholic Church canonized 27 Mexican saints in the year 2000. Conspicuously absent, was Juan Diego, who first saw the apparition of Guadalupe Tonantzin in Tepeyac.

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