The original crucifix dates back to the late 16th century, and its feast day on January 15 draws thousands of pilgrims to the ...

Hundreds of Guatemalan faithful found the sounds and colors of their tropical homeland during the biggest-yet celebration of the Black Christ of Esquipulas in the heartland farming town of Worthington ...

WORTHINGTON, Minn ... on January 15 draws thousands of pilgrims to the basilica in Esquipulas, a city on Guatemala’s border with Honduras. On Sunday, Cardinal Fabio Baggio, long the ...

Church members had it especially commissioned and brought from Guatemala ... Minnesota at 17 — and also recalls how, shortly afterward, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at Worthington ...

Lucas Lopez leads a traditional Guatemalan dance during Mass celebrating the feast day of the Black Christ of Esquipulas at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Worthington, Minnesota, Sunday ...