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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 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...

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...

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...

March 2019

March 15, 2019

The Sensational Saints of Folklore Thursday

Folklore Thursday is one of my favorite twitter accounts, which true to its name curates...

October 2018

October 13, 2018

Deciphering the Narcotheology of the Knights Templar Mexican Narcocult

Authored by guest contributor Dr. Kate Kingsbury* - please note this piece is an abbreviated...

August 2018

August 15, 2018

Feasting with the Skeleton Saints of Roggenburg

As a specialist in lived religion much of my memento mori research in Europe this...

July 2018

July 24, 2018

The Virgin of Guadalupe – Queen of Mexico and Empress of the Americas

The Virgin of Guadalupe (official title: Our Lady of Guadalupe; in Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe)...

July 08, 2018

St. Notburga – The Skeleton Saint of Social Justice

I did a double-take upon spying a sharply dressed female skeleton raising a shiny sickle...

May 2018

May 23, 2018

Catholic UFOs?

By Dr. Diana Walsh Pasulka, Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of...

May 17, 2018

From Kitchen Saint to Skeleton Saint Rey Pascual – The Bizarre Case of Pascual Bailon

  Co-authored by Dr. Andrew Chesnut and Dr. Kate Kingsbury* Guatemalan folk saint Rey Pascual’s foundation...

May 09, 2018

Our Lady of the Bullet as Flak Jacket for Femicide

Surpassed only by Syria in the number of violent deaths in the past decade, Mexico...

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