Column Javier around the world: With the Virgin of Luján

On the same day that the new Pope Leon XIV was elected in the Vatican, last Thursday, May 8, it turned out to be also the day of the miraculous Virgin of Luján, patron saint of Argentina. His great devotion in the country “gaucho” is as great as that of Santa Rosa de Lima, in Peru, or the Virgin of Guadalupe, in Mexico. I go back in time and remember when I reached the beautiful Basilica of Nuestra Señora de Luján, located about 70 kilometers fr…