The Guadalupe controversy began with a newspaper report that the basilica's abbot denies the truth of the apparition, a report that inflamed public opinion. The real cause may be a power struggle between the abbot and Archbishop Roberto Carrera over control of the lucrative basilica.
CUERNAVACA, Mexico - Mexico's economic and political turmoil was edged off the front pages of the nation's newspapers when the guardian of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe for 33 years denied the reality ...