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The interior of Palafoxiana library in Puebla, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. It is the oldest public library in the Americas, according to UNESCO. (AP Photo/Pablo Spencer)

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Oldest public library in the Americas has Catholic origins
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ - Associated Press
Sat,10/08/22-7:47AM , 163 Reads
PUEBLA, Mexico (AP) — It is, according to UNESCO, the oldest public library in the Americas, tucked away from the street front at a cultural center in the historic heart of this Mexican city.
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Mexico nuns’ culinary innovations live on in storied cuisine
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Fri,09/30/22-7:56AM , 162 Reads
PUEBLA, Mexico (AP) — Each September, when Mexico celebrates its independence from Spain, people nationwide delight in chiles en nogada, a seasonal dish of mild poblano peppers stuffed with ground pork and fruit, smothered in a sauce of walnut, parsley and pomegranate seeds.
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Naason Joaquin Garcia, the leader of the La Luz del Mundo, Spanish for The Light of the World, appears in Los Angeles County Superior Court, on June 5, 2019. The leader of the multinational, Mexico-based Christian church is imprisoned in California after pleading guilty to sexually abusing minors. Yet legions of followers in his home city of Guadalajara remain fervently loyal to him. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

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Mexican faith leader jailed for sex abuse; flock stays loyal
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Sun,09/18/22-9:02AM , 98 Reads
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Their spiritual leader is behind bars in California after pleading guilty to sexually abusing minors.
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Rev. Adrian Vazquez celebrates an outdoor Mass under a white tent outside the quake-damaged Our Lady of the Angels church, in the working-class Guerrero neighborhood of Mexico City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Pictured right is a wax painting of Our Lady of the Angels, a replica of the one on the wall inside the church, home to the revered image of the Virgin Mary, its history dating to the end of the 16th century. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

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Quake-hit Mexico church with iconic Virgin image gets rehab
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ - Associated Press
Sun,08/28/22-8:03AM , 150 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Under a white tent on the street outside Our Lady of the Angels on a recent Sunday, the Rev. Adrián Vázquez led parishioners seated in pews and plastic chairs in celebrating 10 o’clock Mass, flanked by piles of rubble from the sanctuary left there by a deadly earthquake nearly five years ago.
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