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R. Andrew Chesnut: Death to Santa Muerte: The Vatican vs the Skeleton Saint
(Huffington Post) It was the declaration of Santa Muerte as an enemy of the Mexican state by former president Felipe Calderon...
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Vatican in a bind about Santa Muerte
(National Geographic) In 2010 I wrote a story about a new religious cult that appeared to be emanating from Mexico’s...
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Vatican: Mexico’s folk Death Saint is blasphemous
(AP) The Vatican’s culture minister says Mexico’s folk Death Saint is a blasphemous symbol that shouldn’t...
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Is there a God? The Vatican invites Mexicans to discuss
(Christian Science Monitor) A Vatican envoy has arrived in Mexico with a message: God is not dead. This week, Cardinal Gianfranco...
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Mexican Priest Channels Superman, Squirts Holy Water With Plastic Gun
(GeekOSystem) There are a lot of different ways to conduct a religious sermon. Sometimes a preacher can even make it fun,...
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Mexico bishop inspires, infuriates with activism
(AP) The white-haired bishop stepped before some 7,000 faithful gathered in a baseball stadium in this violence-plagued northern...
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Mexican bishops call on new government to address nation’s needs
The Bishops’ Conference of Mexico congratulated the nation for holding peaceful elections on July 1 and urged the new government...
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Film revisits the many sides of Mexico’s Cristero Rebellion
Even as modern-day church-state relations improve, the impact of Mexico’s three-year Cristero Rebellion in the 1920s...
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Cristero martyrs show importance of religious freedom in Mexico
Lourdes Varguez Garcia is the granddaughter of one of the many Catholics who defended their faith during rampant religious...
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Pope says Christ alone can create more a just society at Mass with half a million Mexicans
Benedict XVI has urged Mexicans suffering from poverty, corruption and violence to trust in God and the intercession of Mary...




