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From the Columbus Dispatch:
MEXICO CITY -- A weathered pastel image of the Virgin of Guadalupe hangs from German Herrera Hernandez's dashboard, watching over his passengers from her perch next to his cigarettes, gum and the handful of coins he uses to make change.
"We believe in her," said Herrera, a 55-year-old who has been driving a cab in Mexico City for about a decade. "She protects us, wherever we go."
When Pope Francis visits this week he'll make an emotional stop at the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe -- patron saint of Mexico and "empress of the Americas" -- where millions of pilgrims flock each year to pray before the shroud that bears her image.
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