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Death Saint Draws Followers in Mexico

To followers, she's known as the Death Saint, the White Girl, the Skinny One, or just Sister -- and a life-transforming answer to their prayers. To the Vatican, though, she's an irritation seen as leading the faithful astray. The Roman Catholic Church rejects Santa Muerte, a cloaked female skeleton who carries a scythe, dismissing her followers as drug traffickers or other criminals asking for favors while practicing Satanic rituals. When Pope Francis visited Mexico last year...

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