Blessed Bytes.THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE IS JOINING THE 21ST CENTURY. Digital reproductions of Mexico's patron saint patron saint Saint to whose protection and intercession a person, society, church, place, profession, or activity is dedicated. The choice is usually made on the basis of some real or presumed relationship (e.g., St. on sale in her home country, will soon be available elsewhere. "All the other reproductions are copies. Ours is the real one," says Guillermo Hernandez, president of Latin American Access Corp., the California company hawking the copies. Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła blessed the scanned image during a 1999 visit to Mexico. The 1-gigabyte file was created for scholars studying the famous image in Mexico City's Basilica basilica (bəsĭl`ĭkə), large building erected by the Romans for transacting business and disposing of legal matters. Rectangular in form with a roofed hall, the building usually contained an interior colonnade, with an apse at one end de Guadalupe, but prints were created so a virtual virgin could "make pilgrimages" through Mexico and the United States Relations between the United States and Mexico are among the most important and complex that each nation maintains. They are shaped by a mixture of mutual interests, shared problems, and growing interdependence. . The 81-city tour was such a hit that Hernandez and other investors saw potential for a bigger enterprise. They sought reproduction rights. The Catholic Church had been futilely encouraging support from large Mexican companies This is a List of Mexican companies:
In what Hernandez labels the Catholic Church's "most important evangelical project in the world," the virgin's image has been reproduced 100,000 times in two sizes. A small print sells for about US$50; a larger version costs abour $1,040. Latin American Access splits the proceeds with the Catholic Church; it also donates to other causes, including the Drug Abuse Resistance Education  The neutrality and factual accuracy of this article are disputed.Please see the relevant discussion on the . This article has been tagged since September 2007. , or D.A.R.E. "The miracle was made and it's forever," reads the sales pitch. But Hernandez and his partners might find their part of the deal more short-lived: they only hold e-rights for 10 years. |
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