Join millions in Costa Rica's Romería, an annual pilgrimage to Cartago honoring La Negrita, the nation's patron saint.

Though it may not rank high on your list of places to spend a day, Costa Rica’s oldest city and original capital, 22 kilometers east of San José, does have considerable charms beyond the Basilica. For ...

San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Costa Rica has issued a statement cancelling the pilgrimage to Cartago and inviting the faithful of the country to live the feast of Our Lady with ...

As pilgrims often do, the 66-year-old man entered on his knees to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in the town of Cartago, 20km east of San Jose.

Only a week before, thieves had broken into the basilica of Cartago, 15 miles from San José, murdered a guard, and stolen the jewel-decked, five-inch image of Costa Rica’s patroness, Our Lady ...