The candles had been burning for hours. Standing inside the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City on a Tuesday morning in December, surrounded by pilgrims who'd traveled thousands of miles - some on their knees across cold stone - I felt something shift. It wasn't tourism. It was...
There's a moment that catches most pilgrims off guard. You've traveled hundreds of miles, probably lost sleep on a connecting flight through Paris, maybe dragged a suitcase over cobblestones in the rain... and then you round a corner near the Gave de Pau river and see the Grotto for the first time....
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The candles had been burning for hours. Standing inside the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City on a Tuesday morning in December, surrounded by pilgrims who'd traveled thousands of miles - some on their knees across cold stone - I felt something shift. It wasn't tourism. It was...