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July 2022

July 26, 2022

Emerald Eyes and Tears of Blood – The Unusual Advocations of the Christ Child in Mexico

Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut Those who aren't Catholic or familiar...

July 06, 2022

The Thug Saint Trinity of Mexico – Jesus Malverde, Santa Muerte and Saint Jude

Most street shrines in Mexico are dedicated to a single Catholic or folk saint....

June 2022

June 08, 2022

Catholic Decline Continues in Latin America under Argentine Pope Francis

There is compelling evidence of continued Catholic decline in Latin American, which is home to...

October 2021

October 15, 2021

Meet the Mexican Death Trinity – Day of the Dead, Catrina Calavera and Santa Muerte

The season of death is upon us. October is here impending Halloween with its cavalcade...

September 2021

September 03, 2021

The Good Death Resurrected – Memento Mori and Santa Muerte as Spirit of the Times

Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Professor R. Andrew Chesnut Having spent the past decade...

August 2021

August 11, 2021

Sebastian and Santa Muerte – Simpatico Saints of Holy Death and LGBTQ

Having contemplated hundreds of Catholic saints over the past decade for my research both on...

May 2021

May 13, 2021

Mexican Catholics Turn to the Holy Child Doctor for Healing in Times of Covid-19

By Guest Contributor Dr. Kate Kingsbury* Across Mexico people are turning to miraculous holy healers...

May 11, 2021

Sacking the Saints – Pentecostal Persecution of Religious Rivals in Brazil

Co-authored by Dr. Ana Keila Mosca Pinezi* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut One of the lamentable...

February 2021

February 10, 2021

2020 Census Reveals Catholic Decline and Protestant Growth in Mexico Under Pope Francis

By guest contributor Dr. Alejandro Díaz-Domínguez* This analysis originally appeared in the Nexos online blog...

October 2020

October 21, 2020

Mexico’s Dames and Days of Death – Santa Muerte, Catrina Calavera and Dia de los Muertos

Jointly authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury*, David B. Metcalfe**, and Dr. Andrew Chesnut The season...

October 04, 2020

Evangelical Churches Seize Power in Latin America: ‘The Catholic Church Has Been Lax’

"The Bible returns to the presidential palace." That's what the Bolivian interim President Jeanine Áñez...

August 2020

August 28, 2020

Colonizing Death -American Evangelist Crusades Against Santa Muerte at Landmark Shrine in Tepito

By Dr. Kate Kingsbury and Dr. R. Andrew Chesnut Since what is now the...

July 2020

July 30, 2020

‘God’s Battle Axe and Weapon of War’ – The African Pentecostalism of Trump’s COVID Doctor, Pastor Stella Immanuel

Co-authored by Dr. Andrew Chesnut and Dr. Kate Kingsbury* Glaringly absent from most of the...

July 25, 2020

Praying to Godmother Death – New Evidence of Santa Muerte Venerated as ‘Comadre Sebastiana’ in 19th-Century New Mexico

During the second half of the 19th century in the mountain towns of New Mexico...

June 2020

June 14, 2020

The New Pentecostal Inquisition in Latin America – Guatemalan Maya Spiritual Guide Burned at Stake for Witchcraft

Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut It's Brazil that's been in the...

May 2020

May 04, 2020

Supernatural Sorority – The Religious Feminism of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

What really struck me in the second episode of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is...

March 2020

March 24, 2020

Life and Death in the Time of Coronavirus: Santa Muerte, the ‘Holy Healer’

‘My name is Death: the last best friend am I’. Robert Southey, 1816 Co-authored by...

February 2020

February 06, 2020

Leading Santa Muerte Expert Interviewed on the Fastest Growing New Religious Movement in the West

What prompted your interest in the Santa Muerte phenomena?* I am a specialist in the...

November 2019

November 26, 2019

Why Have Evangelical Churches Gained So Much Political Influence in Latin America? Expert Points to 5 Factors in BBC Interview

“The Bible has returned to the palace," Bolivian interim President Senator Jeanine Áñez said when...

November 23, 2019

Pachamama as Lightning Rod of Division over the Papacy of Pope Francis

Pachamama has become the latest lightning rod of division in the Catholic Church. She is...

November 08, 2019

Mexico’s Patron of Lost Causes – A Photographic Portrait of Saint Jude on His Feast Day

As a specialist in the Mexican religious landscape I had visited the Saint Jude shrine...

October 2019

October 22, 2019

Catholic Cartels? Ovidio Guzman and the Narco-Saints of Mexico

Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Professor Andrew Chesnut A widely circulated photo of Ovidio...

October 11, 2019

Competing for Amazonian Souls – The Amazon Synod and Pentecostal Competition in the Global South

By Professor Andrew Chesnut and Doctor Kate Kingsbury* While the Catholic Church adopts a preferential...

August 2019

August 29, 2019

Pentecostal Gangs in Rio de Janeiro Ratchet Up Their Persecution of Afro-Brazilian Religions under President Bolsonaro

Co-authored by Dr. Ana Keila Mosca Pinezi* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut Brazilian history since the...

August 16, 2019

Holy Child of Raffles – The Mexican Christ Child Asleep on a Skull

Having researched the Mexican skeleton saint Santa Muerte for the past decade I am quite...

July 2019

July 09, 2019

Brazil’s Black Supernatural Sister Queens: Our Lady of Aparecida and Oxum

Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut In a country with the world’s...

July 09, 2019

Brazil’s Black Sister Supernatural Queens – Oxum and Our Lady of Aparecida

Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut In a country with the world’s...

June 2019

June 17, 2019

Loving Saint Paulinus: Patron Saint of Williamsburg, Brooklyn

By Guest Contributor Dr. Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada* Nola, a small town outside of Naples in the...

May 2019

May 30, 2019

President Jair Messias Bolsonaro as Messiah for Brazilian Pentecostals

By guest contributor *Dr. Ana Keila Mosca Pinezi The Universal Church of the Kingdom of...

April 2019

April 10, 2019

Need It Done Fast? Meet Saint Expedite

By guest contributor Judika Illes* Where do you go if your legal papers are taking...

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