“Viva la Lady del Zapopan! Viva la Maria!” Imagine nearly a million people packed into a square, waving white handkerchiefs, singing and dancing as they cheer the return of a foot-high Virgin Mary icon  to their home cathedral, and you’ll understand the joy behind Romeria, the...

So you think that reminders of the swine flu are omnipresent in the US? In Mexico, where the pandemic originated last spring, people are still cautious, particularly around food. Protective face masks were common on vendors at Romeria, the sacred procession of the Lady of Zapapon that draws nearly 2...