• Although there are other death saints in Latin America, such as San La Muerte, Santa Muerte is the only female saint of death in the Americas.[18]...
  • The veneration of Santa Muerte has deep roots intertwined with Mexico and South America’s complex religious and cultural history.
  • For U.S. law enforcement agencies, the rise of a criminalized and dark variant of Santa Muerte worship holds many negative implications.
  • The ceremony takes place at a modest temple to Santa Muerte, the Mexican folk saint of death, in a rundown area of Guadalajara, the nation's second biggest city.
  • 4. Santa Muerte kültü, Daniel Arizmendi Lopez isimli bir gangsterin tutuklanması sırasında polisin, evinde azizeye adanmış bir mabet bulmasıyla daha da ünlendi.
  • It’s rooted in Mexico, where millions of people now pray to Santa Muerte. Devotees are found in countries around the globe.
  • Female Skeleton wearing a crown and grey ballgown. Santa Muerte at a Saint Death chapel in Santa Ana Chapitiro, Mexico © Andrew Chesnut.
  • Now, Andrew Chesnut, author of "Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte," says Santa Muerte has 10 to 12 million followers worldwide (per the BBC).
  • For historically marginalized followers of La Santa Muerte, death is the one constant in life. Its indiscriminatory nature offers a sense of comfort.