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The church front before restoration Originally founded by the Franciscans and later ceded to the Augustinians as a dependency of Cuitzeo, th...

Set in the shadow of the volcano Popocatepetl, the church of San Miguel Atlautla appears hewn from local basalt blocks inside and out. Besi...

  This dismal outlying barrio, just north east of Tultitlan, in northern Mexico City nevertheless boasts a pretty church dedicated to Saints...

Resting on the southern slopes of the volcano Popocatepetl, the former convento of Santiago Ayapango was founded by the eminent Franciscan F...

Among those canonized by Pope Francis in October 2017, were a trio of Mexican saints known as Los Niños Martires.    One of the best known e...

We journey south beyond the city of Oaxaca to  the remote Zapotec village of Ozolotepec in the rugged Sierra Sur of Oaxaca. At the heart of ...