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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...

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...

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...

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:...

March 2023

March 29, 2023

Santa Muerte Guides Me as a Death Doula

My name is Carl Orosco* and I'm a Death Doula. A Death Doula is a...

March 01, 2023

Amid Massive Street Protests Mexican President AMLO Tweets a Fake Elf Photo

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has found himself at the center of controversy...

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...

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...

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....

January 2022

January 07, 2022

Death on the Road – A Vision of Santa Muerte in the American Heartland

By Guest Contributor Aaman Lamba* In the before times, when we were all free birds...

January 03, 2022

Foreword to the French Edition of “Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint”

By Dr. Kate Kingsbury* We are living in a time of much death, or what...

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 18, 2021

Holy Hellraisers – Meet the Thug Saints of Venezuela

By Guest Contributor Marvin J. Mijares* Since I can remember, I have heard of people...

August 12, 2021

Cultuando a Criminales: los Santos Malandros de Venezuela

Por el columnista invitado Lic. Marvin J. Mijares* Desde que tengo uso de razón, he...

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...

March 2021

March 20, 2021

Mushroom Mysticism and the Paschal Mystery

By guest contributor Dr. Robert Chesnut* I was working on my divinity degree at Harvard...

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...

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