Spanish police arrested five people running a group that charged hefty sums for rituals involving animal sacrifice and ...

From a two-room concrete home on the fringes of Cuba’s capital, the rumble of wooden drums spills out onto the streets. Neighbors gather at the door and kids climb a fence to peer inside. They watch ...

HAVANA — From a two-room concrete home on the fringes of Cuba’s capital, the rumble of wooden drums spills out onto the streets. Neighbors gather at the door and kids climb a fence to peer inside.

Santería might seem like an obscure occult practice akin to black magic or voodoo to the uninitiated. But for those with Caribbean roots, it's simply another aspect of the culture of our multifaceted ...

Animal sacrifice for religious purposes is a protected right, but leaving the carcasses behind is not. Former Culture and Hillsborough Reporter The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of ...

Zombies, voodoo dolls, evil spells, animal sacrifices and Hollywood horror scenes of possessed people drinking blood: When you hear the words “Voodoo” and “Santería,” chances are those are the images ...

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José Entenza Montalvo, a babalawo, or priest, shows the faded handwritten books, some more than a century old, where special knowledge of medicinal herbs and plants and the names of those initiated as ...

A Masonic apron and necktie are worn by Nicolas Rojas, a Freemason from San Andres #3 Lodge, in Santiago de Cuba. Nicola Lo Calzo / L’agence à paris Eba Augustin and Sergio Ramo prepare to join the ...

HAVANA (AP) — A fusion of African religions and Catholicism, Santería was one of the few religious practices to quietly endure through decades of prohibitions and stigma by the communist government.

From a two-room concrete home on the fringes of Cuba’s capital, the rumble of wooden drums spills out onto the streets. Neighbors gather at the door and kids climb a fence to peer inside. They watch ...