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By the door hangs a picture of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico's patron saint.
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And then, there were the references to the Virgin of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico.
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In the 1990 census, nearly 90% of Mexicans declared themselves Catholics, and the country's patron, the Virgin of Guadalupe, is widely venerated.
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In 2002, the John Paul II canonized the first Native American saint, Juan Diego, a 15th century Indian whose vision of the Virgin of Guadalupe is emblematic of the Catholic faith in Mexico.
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