Religion News Blog » Santa Muerte http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Rival Santa Muerte church claims captured ‘bishop’ does not represent the Mexican death cult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25585/rival-santa-muerte-church-claims-captured-bishop-does-not-represent-the-mexican-death-cult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25585/rival-santa-muerte-church-claims-captured-bishop-does-not-represent-the-mexican-death-cult#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:30:58 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25585 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25585/rival-santa-muerte-church-claims-captured-bishop-does-not-represent-the-mexican-death-cult/feed 0 Mexico arrests leader of “Saint Death” cult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25553/mexico-arrests-leader-of-santa-muerte-cult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25553/mexico-arrests-leader-of-santa-muerte-cult#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:49:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25553 Santa Muerte David Romo, considered the high priest of a cult with millions of followers across the Americas, is accused of kidnapping and posing as a member of the feared Zetas drug cartel.

The "Santa Muerte" cult has become popular among drug traffickers in Mexico, in part because followers believe the skeletal figure of the female "saint" may protect them from death or arrest.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25553/mexico-arrests-leader-of-santa-muerte-cult/feed 0 Mexico destroys ‘Death Saint’ revered by criminals http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23368/santa-muerte-saint-death http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23368/santa-muerte-saint-death#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:14:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23368 Santa Muerte Mexican federal authorities used bulldozers to bring down more than 30 chapels devoted to "Saint Death" - a figure that is worshipped by drug traffickers - in the northern city of Nuevo Laredo, the daily Reforma reported Wednesday.

Although the figure is venerated by people from many walks of life, the saint -- Santa Muerte -- has been adopted by drug gangs. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23368/santa-muerte-saint-death/feed 0 Mexican police suspect that heads burned in ritual http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22249/santa-muerte-4 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22249/santa-muerte-4#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:17:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22249 Santa Muerte The heads of 11 decapitated bodies discovered in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula last week may have been burned in a ritual, investigators said.

Police said they found an altar to the skeletal figure of the "Santa Muerte," an unofficial patron saint of death, in the home of two men arrested in connection with the slayings, while several scorched spots were discovered in a nearby clearing.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22249/santa-muerte-4/feed 0 Saint Death comes to Chicago http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21567/santa-muerte-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21567/santa-muerte-3#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:58:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21567 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21567/santa-muerte-3/feed 0 In Mexico town, icon of death inspires worship and worry http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21566/santa-muerte-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21566/santa-muerte-2#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:51:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21566
Although the Santa Muerte icon has existed for decades in working-class Mexican neighborhoods, never has it towered so ominously.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21566/santa-muerte-2/feed 0