Occultist Stone debuts with a thorough and illuminating introduction to Santa Muerte, the “Mexican female folk saint of death.” Stone covers the practices and concepts central to the Santa Muerte folk ...

An altar made of human skulls found in a raid against Mexico City gang An altar laden with human skulls and bones was used by a powerful Mexico City gang in the worship of Santa Muerte, a death cult ...

Santa Muerte and other folk saints adopted by drug cartels, MS-13 gangsters and immigrant smugglers can be found across the United States, a researcher said. Criminals are also "misusing" Catholic ...

The Archbishop of Santa Fe said recently that people praying to "Saint Death" won't find the answers they're looking for. Archbishop John Wester told the Associated Press recently that Catholics ...

That was the first question following an investigation by the Bexar County Sheriff's Office in February, in which deputies uncovered a house with suspected stolen vehicles used for a human-smuggling ...

SANTA ANA CHAPITIRO, Mexico (RNS) — The image of death has loomed over Mexican music, dance and literature for centuries. A new addition is the cult of Santa Muerte, which has become increasingly ...

SAN ANTONIO – KSAT Investigates recently examined a lawsuit alleging religious discrimination against a Bexar County Sheriff’s Office detention officer candidate over a Santa Muerte altar in their ...

Believers in the figure known as "Saint Death" are paying homage, even as the Catholic church in Mexico rejects her. Halloween is almost here, so is Dia de los Muertos - the Day of the Dead. It's a ...

FILE - A statue of "Nuestra Seora de la Santa Muerte," or Our Lady of Holy Death, is displayed for sale in Mexico City's Tepito neighborhood, Nov. 1, 2022. (AP Photo ...

MEXICO CITY — A local leader of the Mexican folk saint cult “La Santa Muerte” was gunned down at an altar to the skeletal figure late Friday, authorities said. Two other people were killed and eight ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEXICO CITY (AP) — A local leader of the ...