Wednesday, June 26, 2013

In the News ... "Santa Muerte cult is sinister and infernal"

Megan Lee, Reporter
Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS - The cult Santa Muerte has been called by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, sinister and infernal. This diabolical Santa Muerte cult has been burgeoning on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Santa Muerte cult is in no way santa (holy) but rather is, as Cardinal Ravasi has said, a celebration of devastation and of hell. It is a terrible blasphemy against God and is a false religiosity promoted by organized crime and drug traffickers. These groups celebrate death. It is in no way a true religion that celebrates life and justice and the dignity and sacredness of each person. La Santa Muerte has been called the "la religiosidad de narcos" -- religion falsified by drug traffickers.

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