Reprising Marianne Tierney's previous post on Our Lady of Guadalupe, check out a story in today's NYTimes about the play, La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin, which takes place at the cathedral in Los Angeles. Great slide show, and video. Is this the Passion Play of the American Catholic future? Another story this from from CNS, "Our Lady of Guadalupe called Mother Without Borders in Los Angeles, shows the broadening appeal of this quintessentially Mexican Mary. The LATimes goes even further with Saint's following is more diverse: Non-Latino Catholics in L.A. are drawn to the Virgin of Guadalupe.

David Gibson is the director of Fordham’s Center on Religion & Culture.

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