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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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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...

April 2020

April 26, 2020

Penny Dreadful is Plenty Dreadful: Cultural Misappropriation and More of Santa Muerte

Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut In this piece we explore the...

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 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...

October 01, 2019

Mexican Folk Saint Santa Muerte – The Fastest Growing New Religious Movement in the West

Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut Santa Muerte, Saint Death and Holy...

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...

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