Rooted in both indigenous Mexican traditions and Catholicism, Santa Muerte is seen as an amoral, non-judgmental saint who grants favors to those who venerate her. Despite opposition from the ...

A growing number of Mexicans are turning to Santa Muerte, instead of to the official patroness, the Virgin of Guadalupe, in a practice that the Catholic Church has publicly condemned as blasphemy.

Their arms raised towards the sky, worshippers of Mexico's “saint” of death pray before a giant ... there is no shortage of followers of “Santa Muerte”. The 22m fiberglass statue in ...

Gruesome images from a ranch apparently used as a drug cartel training camp show hundreds of discarded items and skeletal ...

A bloodthirsty flying goatsucker is nothing compared to the latest folklore craze from south of the border--Santa Muerte, or Saint Death. This cult of death features a skeletal figure that looks ...

he responds with texts of photos of La Santa Muerte, the skeletal personification of death revered by many Mexicans as a folk saint and that Russell knows I despise to the point that I’ve ...