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Vatican declares Mexico's 'Saint of Death' blasphemous

Popular folk icon described as a 'degeneration of religion'
Vatican declares Mexico's 'Saint of Death' blasphemous

(Picture: Huffington Post)

Published: May 09, 2013 07:29 AM GMT
Updated: May 08, 2013 08:40 PM GMT

The Vatican's culture minister says Mexico's folk Death Saint is a blasphemous symbol that shouldn't be part of any religion.

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi says worshipping such an icon is a degeneration of religion.

The Santa Muerte is a skeletal figure of a cloaked woman with a scythe in her bony hand. It is worshipped both by drug dealers in Mexico and by the terrified people who live in drug-torn neighborhoods.

Ravasi spoke Wednesday at a dialogue among believers and nonbelievers in Mexico City as part of the Vatican's "Courtyard of the Gentiles." The program was started in 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI, who said the Roman Catholic Church should hold such meetings so nonbelievers could get to know God.

Full Story: Vatican Calls Santa Muerte, Mexico's 'Death Saint,' Blasphemous 

Source:Huffington Post Religion

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