“Around 10:30 in the morning, a dynamite bomb went off hidden among the flowers. The damages were at the steps of the altar, which are made of marble, the brass candlesticks, and the Sacred Image of our Crucified Lord, that fell to the ground and was left bent,” indicates the story that is in the back of the current basilica, with the crucifix and the photos that were taken after the attack.
The explosion bent the crucifix, which is now is known as “Santo Cristo del Atentado,” or “Holy Christ of the Attack.”
“Testimony of this is the Christ who is bent and that we have here in the Basilica of Guadalupe itself as a testimony of the immense love of God, of the marvelous love of God for her and for all of us who still have her here,” Chávez said.
The story recalls that the glass of the painting that protected the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe “did not even crash” after the explosion.
The attack was the prelude to what years later would be religious persecution in Mexico, during the government of Plutarco Elías Calles.
Chávez told ACI Prensa that the Virgin of Guadalupe “takes away our fear” and “gives us the faith and hope to live in love.”
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