Cristo Negro de Salamanca celebrates 465 years with colorful procession

Salamanca, Gto.- Made of corn cane paste in 1543 in Pátzcuaro, the Black Christ who is venerated in Salamanca and who attracts more than 130,000 pilgrims only during Holy Week he turned 465 years of having decided to stay in this municipality. Therefore, this day he toured the streets of the center of the city and celebrated a Mass with the bishop of the diocese of Irapuato, Enrique Díaz Díaz. It is said that this image was installed in the old …