10" Our Lady of Guadalupe Mother of the Americas Statue

Popes through the ages have recognized Our Lady of Guadalupe, and Pope John XXIII was the first to call the Virgin Mother of the Americas on October 12, 1961. John Paul II was the first Pope to visit the Guadalupe shrine on January 27, 1979. On January 23, 1999 in his Homily at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope John Paul II, referring to all of the Americas as one single continent, called the Virgin of Guadalupe the Mother of America.

• Features a visibly pregnant Our Lady of Guadalupe, as the first, and most pure, tabernacle of Christ
• Full color and finely detailed
• Sized for home, office or classroom
• Perfect baby shower gift or for those with a special devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe