Tag: death saint

• Wednesday, October 14th 2020 - 08:43 UTC

  Despite the Catholic Church but fearful of Covid-19, Mexicans venerate death saint, “Santa Muerte”

  

  Their arms raised towards the sky, worshippers of Mexico's “saint” of death pray before a giant cloaked skeleton asking for protection from the coronavirus and its devastating economic fallout. The Grim Reaper-like figure, whose devotees include drug cartel members as well as ordinary Mexicans, has been rejected by the Roman Catholic Church as blasphemous.