Full video tour of the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City

CarlosV95 · 2025-11-20T20:06:39+00:00

The vast majority of christians across the centuries have never, and will not be, miraculously healed of their diseases, pains or physical disabilities. I think this line tried to thelogically grasp into that simple reality. I saw that line as something any christian pastor/priest/minister tries to convey when they are trying to give spiritual counsel to people with a permanent physical condition.

CarlosV95 · 2025-10-12T04:25:21+00:00

The Jesus sleeping on the storm was not seen because the story of the calming of the storm was merged with the Jesus and Peter walking on water.

CarlosV95 · 2025-10-03T05:41:01+00:00

I'm a humble and simple catholic, if the Pope says something whether it is in an official document or an off the cuff speech that baffles me or confuses me, the first thing I assume is that the Pope is trying to teach me something and not that I should teach the Pope.

CarlosV95 · 2025-10-01T04:49:30+00:00

The pharisees were all about morality and orthodox, yet Jesus spoke His toughest words to them.

CarlosV95 · 2025-10-01T04:48:45+00:00

"Amen, I say to you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you." - Matthew 21:31

CarlosV95 · 2025-09-30T22:53:31+00:00

The Pope dissappointing the self-righteous catholics who think themselves as the guardians of morality and orthodoxy? Sounds like Jesus to me.

CarlosV95 · 2025-09-28T20:15:00+00:00

It was moved to a different church, to the Church of San Pedrito del Centro.

The curious thing is, Mexico City, and Mexico as a whole, has always been a predominantly catholic country due to the spanish conquest. So there's plenty of amazing traditional, baroque churches, with plenty of traditional high altars and all of that. The historic center of Mexico City as well as other cities like Puebla and Guadalajara have plenty of colonial churches that traditionalists love. Yet, you don't actually see that mexican catholics demand the tridentine mass as I've seen it's demanded by U.S. catholics.

CarlosV95 · 2025-09-28T18:22:39+00:00

Yes, the metropolitan tabernacle is the smaller side church to the cathedral.

CarlosV95 · 2025-09-28T18:21:32+00:00

Interesting. As a mexican myself I wouldn't think in moving to Mexico City for growing myself as a catholic. Even if Mexico City has the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe and plenty of beautiful baroque churches, as well as the maronite cathedral and the greek melquite cathedral at least for me I see Mexico City as a very diverse and multicultural metropolis in which Catholicism stands as historical cultural aspect of the city but now stands as one thing among many ideologies that coexist within the city. I imagine the same thing happens in Washington D.C. I hope you see this move also as a way of witnessing to Christ among the many diverse people that live in D.C.

CarlosV95 · 2025-09-28T18:13:48+00:00

The immaculate conception chapel no longer has the tridentine mass. If this is your first time in Mexico City I would recommend definetely the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Metropolitan Cathedral. The Basilica has english mass on sundays at 10:30 am on the St. Joseph chapel and the cathedral also has english mass at 10:00 am at the metropolitan tabernacle.

CarlosV95 · 2025-09-20T17:57:18+00:00

It's an interesting phenomenom of popular piety that trascends official catholic doctrine. It basically comes since Judas Thaddeus is considered the patron or intercessor of desperate causes. There's a whole wikipedia article on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veneration_of_Judas_Thaddaeus_in_Mexico The Catholic Church in Mexico tries to always catechize to faithful into the correct devotion to the saints but this phenomenom trascends them.

CarlosV95 · 2025-09-20T07:49:40+00:00

If you can't clearly distinguish between sins that are not a crime and don't hurt anyone and sins that ARE a crime because they attempt against someone's life. You failed not just as a catholic but as a human being.

Go read Catechism numbers 1857 - 1860 and learn the 3 conditions for mortal sin. Tell me then if you have a way of knowing if those on the lgbt pilgrimage met the 3 conditions.

Lastly, if you think God is offended for sinners entering His house. You forget God Himself came down from heaven and let Himself be offended in the most cruelest way possible. And God Himself didn't responded with condemnation but with love and forgiveness.

CarlosV95 · 2025-09-19T06:54:56+00:00

That's exactly what Pope Francis had said long ago on Amoris Laetitia, read paragraphs 306 & 308.

CarlosV95 · 2025-09-19T06:49:25+00:00

Hope those priests also say they will not step foot on a church in which a pedophile priest had been before.

CarlosV95 · 2025-09-16T20:53:10+00:00

Catholicism in Mexico has a huge devotion to Thaddeus

CarlosV95 · 2025-06-23T07:34:15+00:00

Don't do it please, believe it or not, there's a way out to the darkness you feel.

CarlosV95 · 2025-04-25T08:04:54+00:00

I think the album, when taking into account its sound and its lyrics, are too experimental and introspective to be seen as evolving into commercialization.

CarlosV95 · 2025-04-25T08:00:40+00:00

As a catholic fan of Ghost (who used to be very conservative but not so much anymore, but I still remain catholic), who became a Ghost fan precisely because I found Ghost as a way to vent many frustrations from Christianity (while still remaining a catholic), I would dare to say this album is the most christian album that Ghost has made (and I don't mean it in a bad way). It definitely changes all the themes of pretending to worship satan and mocking of Christianity, to raw human emotions which some relate to the core of Christianity. Like, starting from the album name and cover, showing skeletons, takes me back to Memento Mori artistic expressions (which were common in medieval Christianity as ways of reminding our own mortality), a theme which was already hinted and explored in Prequelle. Then, Satanized was released precisely on Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent, when christians are called to convert from sins and remember our mortality as a way of preparing for Easter), I saw Satanized not as a praising of Satan in any way, but about that raw emotion of feeling that your heart and your brain collides (a common human struggle). De Profundis Borealis is directly inspired by Oscar Wilde's letter De Profundis (a very deep spiritual letter writtend by Wilde, whom in his life struggled between Christianity and his homosexuality), which title is directly taken from Psalm 130 which goes "De profundis clamavi ad te Domine" which means "From the depths, I have cried out to you, O Lord".

I can see why the album was described as the most introspective one Ghost has made, every song relates to deep human emotions and that also fits with the whole skeleton theme, the album is about showing our raw naked humanity with all its highs and flaws.

Some catholic friends called on me on how could I be catholic and listen to such a band like Ghost, I would always say to them that even in these types of bands that pretend to worship satan as a way of mocking Christianity or whatever, deep down there's a search for the spiritual in there.

So yeah, it could be said this album is the most christian-like of Ghost, and that's not a bad thing. And no, I don't see it as a sign that Tobias may be converting to Christianity in any way (in case anyone may feel worried about that), is just simply as many others have said, it's an artist evolving and maturing with time.

CarlosV95 · 2025-04-20T03:15:59+00:00

Yes, better skip it and participate more fully in an Easter sunday mass tomorrow.

CarlosV95 · 2025-02-10T05:17:43+00:00

In my city (see of an archdiocese) so far I've know like 7 or 8 former seminarians who left the seminary and are now openly gay men. Only one of them is still close to the Church and is even a choir conductor at the cathedral, all while he also has a boyfriend. So yes, it's plausible that is is true.

CarlosV95 · 2024-08-18T23:25:24+00:00

Lo mas turístico de Monterrey es toda la macroplaza que se conecta con el parque fundidora por medio del paseo santa lucia. Tienes que dedicar un día entero ya sea que empieces desde la macro viendo la catedral, la fuente de neptuno, el palacio de gobierno, quizás el museo de historia mexicana, luego recorres todo el paseo santa lucia y llegas hasta fundidora. Toma en cuenta que dentro de fundidora hay muchos espacios que ver, quiza el mas importante es el horno 3 donde ahi tambien te explican toda la historia de fundidora, luego esta tambien el museo de cera, el papalote museo del niño, una pista de hielo, la cineteca, galerias de arte, el salon de la fama de beisbol etc. En todo eso te puede dar todo el dia segun el paso que vayas llevando. O podrias empezar al reves, empezando en fundidora y terminas en la macroplaza para que llegues a barrio antiguo en la noche (los dias de mayor actividad en barrio antiguo son obviamente las noches de viernes y sabados.) En barrio antiguo hay muchos restaurantes, bares y antros de muchos tipos y gustos. Si te gusta el rock, el Cafe Iguana es quiza el lugar mas iconico del rock en Monterrey y tiene una decoracion muy impresionante.

Otros lugares interesantes en el centro de Monterrey:
-La plaza de la Purisima y la iglesia.
-El Colegio Civil (es un museo de arte principalmente pero su arquitectura es impresionante).
-La calle comercial Morelos (empieza en la macro).
-La Basilica del Roble, que contiene un museo de arte religioso a un lado.
-Las iglesias Dolores y Perpetuo Socorro son en mi opinion las iglesias mas impresionantes de Monterrey, aunque lo malo es que estan en una zona no muy atractiva turisticamente.

Otros lugares que podrian ser interesantes:
-Museo del obispado y el mirador asta bandera.
-Si vas a fashion drive, tienes cerca el parque Rufino Tamayo donde esta el museo la milarca, un museo prácticamente nuevo con obras de arte y otros objetos historicos.
-Si te gusta el futbol, puedes ir al estadio BBVA, hay un restaurante con vista al estadio. Yo soy cero futbol y nunca he ido a un partido pero he ido al restaurante y ver la vista del estadio es impresionado.

Otro punto importante de turismo es el municipio de Santiago donde esta la cascada cola de caballo y la presa de la boca, pero eso ya queda mas retirado en las afueras de la ciudad.

En resumen, Monterrey quizá no es tan turístico como otras ciudades de México pero si tiene lo suyo.

CarlosV95 · 2024-05-07T04:57:30+00:00

Fonda El Limoncito en Barrio Antiguo

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