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October 2026

October 02, 2026

Brazil’s Black Madonna as Political Football in Heated Race

In Brazil, even the Mother of God is not immune from election-year politics. With the...

September 2026

September 25, 2026

Brazil’s Religious Revolution: What a Huge New Survey Shows

Is Brazil Still a Catholic Country? Brazil’s religious marketplace has been undergoing one of the...

August 2026

August 11, 2026

Trump’s Catholic Problem Heading Into November Midterms

One of the more remarkable stories of the 2024 presidential election was Donald Trump’s success...

July 2026

July 09, 2026

Did Pentecostalism Kill Brazilian Football’s ‘Jogo Bonito’?

The argument that Brazil's recent soccer disappointments are the product of Pentecostalism has become one...

June 2026

June 22, 2026

Mexico’s Soccer Baby Jesus: Praying for a World Cup Miracle

As Mexico hosts the FIFA World Cup along with Canada and the U.S., one of...

May 2026

May 01, 2026

The Surprising Similarities Between Catholicism and Shi’ism

When I saw a photo some time ago of a young Shi’a man whose body...

April 2026

April 13, 2026

Blasphemer-in-Chief vs Pope Leo: Trump Blasts the US Pontiff

The unprecedented public clash between Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV is not merely another...

March 2026

March 29, 2026

Warmongers’ Prayers For No Mercy for Iran Fall on Deaf Ears

On Palm Sunday, Pope Leo XIV did not mince words. As the U.S.-Israeli war on...

March 04, 2026

Memorializing the Dead at Naples’ Feast of Madonna dell’Arco

On March 1, 2026, I stood in Naples, a city that, in the early spring...

February 2026

February 25, 2026

Where’s Santa Muerte? The Catholic Altar of El Mencho

When news broke about the personal altar of slain CJNG kingpin Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes—aka El...

February 06, 2026

“Will Take Down Francis”: Bannon and Epstein vs The Pope

Nearly a year after his death, the legacy of Pope Francis has come into sharper...

January 2026

January 21, 2026

Ongoing Catholic Decline in Latin America Under Pope Francis

For more than five centuries, Catholicism has been the civilizational grammar of Latin America. From...

January 10, 2026

We Shall Overcome: Religious Resistance to ICE

In the unfolding story of immigration enforcement in the United States, what once functioned as...

December 2025

December 09, 2025

Sixteen Remarkable Revelations About the Virgin of Guadalupe

Mexicans will tell you that they are 90 percent Catholic but 100 percent Guadalupan. While...

October 2025

October 11, 2025

Pope Leo, The Liberation Theologian?

From the vantage of Latin America’s long tradition of “theology from the below,” Pope Leo...

May 2025

May 10, 2025

Pope Bob – Why a Progressive American Pontiff Now?

When white smoke curled above the Sistine Chapel on May 8 and Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost stepped onto the...

November 2024

November 26, 2024

Find It or Else! Saint Anthony of Padua

By Guest Contributor Judika Illes* Can’t find your purse? Lost your keys? You’ve misplaced something...

October 2024

October 28, 2024

No Lost Cause: Saint Jude, Mexico’s Top Catholic Saint

Practically unknown in Mexico before the 1980s, Saint Jude Thaddeus has catapulted to the top...

September 2024

September 29, 2024

Why is Pope Francis Increasingly Unpopular in the Americas?

The declining popularity of Pope Francis in both Latin America and the United States, as...

September 10, 2024

The Dance of the Black Death

By Guest Contributor Rogue Art Historian* Buonamico Buffalmacco's The Dance of Death (Il Trionfo della...

April 2024

April 10, 2024

Catholic UFOs and New Religious Movements

On April 8, 2024, I hosted Professor Diana Pasulka of University of North Carolina, Wilmington,...

October 2023

October 23, 2023

Lost Causes and Left-Handed Favors – Saint Jude, the Most Popular Catholic Saint in Mexico

Practically unknown in Mexico before the 1980s, Saint Jude Thaddeus has catapulted to the top...

October 01, 2023

Umbanda – Religious Syncretism Brazilian Style

Umbanda is a syncretic Brazilian religion that originated in Rio de Janeiro in the 1920s....

July 2023

July 28, 2023

Our Lady of Pride – Santa Muerte Loves Her Queer Children

By guest contributor Emma Cieslik* Content warning: This piece mentions self harm and suicide. Caption:...

July 05, 2023

Slave Anastacia – Folk Saint, Umbanda Spirit and Symbol of Afro-Brazilian Empowerment

Escrava Anastácia, or Slave Anastacia, is a fascinating figure on the Brazilian spiritual landscape who...

December 2022

December 09, 2022

Mestiza Madonna: 16 Fascinating Facts on Virgin of Guadalupe

Mexicans will tell you that they are 90 percent Catholic but 100 percent Guadalupan. While...

November 2022

November 23, 2022

Love Will Tear Us Apart – Death Romanticized at Genoa’s Stegliano Cemetery

On June 12, 1804, the edict of Saint-Cloud promulgated by Napoleon Bonaparte radically changed cemetery...

October 2022

October 20, 2022

The Holy Trinity of Justice – Saint Justus, Christ the Just Judge and San la Muerte

Dr. Andrew Chesnut writes in his book Devoted to Death: "If the association between Santa...

October 14, 2022

Mexico’s Death Trio: La Catrina, Day of Dead, Santa Muerte

Co-authored by Professor Andrew Chesnut, Dr. Kate Kingsbury*, and Mr. David B. Metcalfe** The season...

September 2022

September 09, 2022

From Bloody Heretic to Catholic Saint – The Beatification of Brazilian Folk Saint Padre Cicero

Beatification News by Eduardo Lima In a country where people have revered folk religious figures...

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