Dia de la Cruz

May 3 is Dia de la Cruz (Day of the Holy Cross) in Mexico and some other Latin American countries. Until 1960, this was an official day in the Catholic Church. That year, Pope John XXIII removed it from the liturgical calendar (as there is another Holy Cross feast day in September).

In Mexico, however, the day was also celebrated as the feast day of the construction trade and the country continues to mark Dia de la Cruz with decorated crosses at construction sites, processions of the cross, and, of course, dinners with family and friends.

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