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      MEXICO CITY (CWNews.com) -- Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City has told reporters that he is hoping for the "imminent" announcement of a date for the canonization of Blessed Juan Diego, following up on the announcement of canonization ceremonies for a group of 20th-century Mexican martyrs.

      After returning from a visit to Rome, where he participated in the formal announcement of the upcoming canonization of the "Cristero" martyrs, Cardinal Rivera said that he shared the "great hope" felt by all Mexican Catholics-- and especially by those of Indian origin-- that Juan Diego would soon be canonized as well. He observed that while there are other Mexican candidates for canonization, the cause of Juan Diego-- the peasant to whom the Virgin Mary appeared-- is a particularly significant one because of the enormous popular devotion to Our Lady of Gaudalupe throughout Mexico and indeed the Western hemisphere.

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