Friday, February 18, 2005

The Saint Death Sect

This in an interesting Article on Cnn.com that talks about a Catholic Sect in Mexico that worships La Santa Muerte, who they believe is an angel the kills based on god's orders. According to Cnn.com most of the members of this "religion" are thieves and prostitutes. I had never heard of this before and I thought it was interesting that people prey to an "angel of death." This religion was officially recognized by the Mexican Government in 2003, however recently a person that was ousted from the religion has said that this sect has violated their bylaws and forced people to worship death. So, now the Mexican Government is considering withdrawing official recognition of this sect. Evidently the Roman Catholic Church speaks out against this sect of "Catholicism." Here is the article.

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