Former President Donald Trump celebrated the birthday of Mary, venerated by Christians as the mother of Jesus Christ, in a TruthSocial post Sunday.
“Happy Birthday Mary!” the presidential candidate posted on his social media platform, alongside a photo of “Our Lady of Guadalupe.”
The image bears particular significance to Catholics in Mexico, where an Aztec man named Juan Diego said that Mary appeared to him several times in visions in 1531. Mary purportedly asked in these visions that a shrine be built to her on Tepayac Hill, which is now a suburb of Mexico City.
When Diego went to his bishop and relayed the message, according to Britannica, the bishop asked for a sign that he should do so. Diego is said to have returned to meet with the bishop after another meeting with Mary where she encouraged him to go out and gather roses. When he returned to the bishop and opened his…
