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2026-02-25T13:17:12-05:00

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

Last updated on: February 25, 2026 at 1:17 pm By Andrew Chesnut

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When news broke about the personal altar of slain CJNG kingpin Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes—aka El Mencho—many expected to see the usual suspects: Santa Muerte statues, black candles, maybe even something overtly occult. That’s the storyline we’ve been fed for years. But what authorities actually found in his Tapalpa, Jalisco, hideout tells a very different story. El Mencho’s altar was not esoteric, not demonic, and not even particularly unusual by Mexican standards. It was deeply, unmistakably Catholic According to images from... Read more

2026-02-06T11:22:25-05:00

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

Last updated on: February 6, 2026 at 11:22 am By Andrew Chesnut

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Nearly a year after his death, the legacy of Pope Francis has come into sharper focus—not as a consensus achievement, but as a record of sustained conflict. What once appeared to some as episodic controversy now reads more clearly as a defining feature of his pontificate: an unusually intense campaign to discredit, marginalize, and politically neutralize a pope whose moral vision collided with jingoist and reactionary political projects across the West. Seen in retrospect, the opposition faced by the first... Read more

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2026-01-21T10:31:01-05:00

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Ongoing Catholic Decline in Latin America Under Pope Francis

Last updated on: January 21, 2026 at 10:31 am By Andrew Chesnut

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For more than five centuries, Catholicism has been the civilizational grammar of Latin America. From Andean pilgrimage routes to urban neighborhood shrines, from Marian basilicas to roadside crosses, Catholic symbols have ordered both public space and private devotion. To be Mexican, Colombian, or Brazilian was not merely to be a citizen of a nation-state, but a subject of a sacramental world. And yet, for the past half-century, a steady drumbeat has accompanied the region’s religious landscape: Catholicism is in decline.... Read more

2026-01-10T13:42:17-05:00

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We Shall Overcome: Religious Resistance to ICE

Last updated on: January 10, 2026 at 1:42 pm By Andrew Chesnut

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In the unfolding story of immigration enforcement in the United States, what once functioned as a quiet arm of federal bureaucracy has become deeply religious terrain. From prayer vigils at federal detention facilities to interfaith statements condemning state violence, faith communities have stepped into direct confrontation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). For these believers, resistance to ICE is not a political accessory to faith -it is faith in action, rooted in scripture, embodied in ritual, and lived out in... Read more

2025-12-09T12:51:30-05:00

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Sixteen Remarkable Revelations About the Virgin of Guadalupe

Last updated on: December 9, 2025 at 12:51 pm By Andrew Chesnut

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Mexicans will tell you that they are 90 percent Catholic but 100 percent Guadalupan. While the numbers aren’t entirely accurate anymore, it is definitely the case that the Virgin of Guadalupe has been a constituent part of Mexican national identity, reflected in the fact that millions of both women and men are named Guadalupe, many going by the nickname “Lupe,” such as a colleague at the University of Houston, Dr. Guadalupe San Miguel, Professor of Mexican-American history. As a specialist... Read more

2025-10-16T09:06:17-04:00

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Onward Christian Soldier: Pete Hegseth’s Crusade Against DEI

Last updated on: October 16, 2025 at 9:06 am By Andrew Chesnut

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On September 30, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivered what amounted to an evangelical sermon to an assembly of more than 800 top military commanders at the Marine base in Quantico, Virginia. “The era of politically correct, overly sensitive, don’t-hurt-anyone’s-feelings leadership ends right now,” said Hegseth. “This administration has done a great deal from day one to remove the social justice, politically correct, and toxic ideological garbage that had infected our department to rip out the politics. No more identity... Read more

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2025-10-11T15:00:36-04:00

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Pope Leo, The Liberation Theologian?

Last updated on: October 11, 2025 at 3:00 pm By Andrew Chesnut

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From the vantage of Latin America’s long tradition of “theology from the below,” Pope Leo XIV has already signaled what many liberation theologians call the “precarious continuity” of prophetic insistence: continuity, yes, but never without the need for creative fidelity. In his first apostolic exhortation, Dilexi te (“I Have Loved You”), Leo explicitly frames poverty not as an incidental pastoral concern but as a structural challenge calling for ecclesial conversion. My three decades of research on Latin American religious movements... Read more

2025-09-14T11:18:17-04:00

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First Santa Muerte Temple in Guatemala Razed in Arson Attack

Last updated on: September 14, 2025 at 11:18 am By Andrew Chesnut

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In the predawn hours of September 13, yet another assault was carried out against the Centro Encanto de Keme in Cantel, Quetzaltenango. Unknown assailants forced their way into the sanctuary and torched religious images, reducing the temple to ashes and leaving its owners reeling. “They knocked everything down and burned it—absolutely everything,” one of them told the local press. This was not random vandalism. It was deliberate, premeditated, and aimed at extinguishing the heart of Guatemala’s first Santa Muerte temple.... Read more

2025-08-29T14:08:28-04:00

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Maria La Sposa: The Italian Skeleton Bride As Folk Saint

Last updated on: August 29, 2025 at 2:08 pm By Andrew Chesnut

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In the heart of Torre Annunziata (Naples), amidst the shadows of the Vesuvian cemeteries, endures a story where faith, mystery, and ritual converge. Maria la Sposa (“Maria the Bride”), often called the “Neapolitan Santa Muerte,” is a fascinating and controversial figure who has survived both time and ecclesiastical prohibition to remain alive in collective memory. The cult traces back to a tragedy on December 29, 1939, when a train from Reggio Calabria crashed at the Torre Annunziata station, killing many... Read more

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2025-08-12T08:48:18-04:00

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Trump Enshrines Evangelical Nationalism

Last updated on: August 12, 2025 at 8:48 am By Andrew Chesnut

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Public Displays of Evangelical Nationalism From the outset of his return to office, President Donald Trump has moved with calculated precision to institute Evangelical priorities into federal policy. The creation of the White House Faith Office, in February of this year, and the Religious Liberty Commission in May are far from neutral expansions of religious voice in government—they are institutional platforms to reward Trump’s Evangelical base. Both are spun as defending religious freedom for all, but their agendas are... Read more

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