Santa Muerte means holy death, and while the prayers may have started off with good intentions, over the years, that has changed. This phenomenon of Santa Muerte can really be classified as a cult.

Morales, a factory cook, uses the AI-powered art generator Artguru to portray Santa Muerte in shimmering, colorful robes amid vibrant settings that emphasize her soothing powers.

In February, Goxcon-Chagel copped to the charges and got 7 ½ years; Medina-Cotete, the praying woman, got four. Because of time already served, she's already been released. And she probably sent a ...

Besides her demonic ties, "Santa Muerte" is also a perversion of what the practice of praying to saints is all about, Fr. Ryan Kaup, a Nebraska priest active in Hispanic ministry, told CNA in 2016.

Drug traffickers adopted Santa Muerte in the late 1980s, said R. Andrew Chesnut, professor of religious studies at Virginia Commonwealth University and author of "Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte ...

Fr. Gary Thomas, a Vatican-trained exorcist for the Diocese of San Jose, told CNA that he has also prayed with people who have had demonic trouble after praying to Santa Muerte.

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FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, statues of La Santa Muerte, an underworld saint most recently associated with the violent drug trade in Mexico, are shown at the Masks y Mas art store in ...

Accompanying Almonte are dozens of small statues, prayer cards and a life-sized figure of Santa Muerte, ... anybody who prays to Santa Muerte, it's like praying to the Devil," said Almonte.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Two Oklahoma residents have had their federal firearms and drug-trafficking convictions in New Mexico overturned thanks to a skeleton saint known as La Santa Muerte. The 10th ...