Santeria religion focuses on building relationships between human beings and powerful, but mortal, spirits, called Orishas. The religion focuses on building relationships between human beings and ...

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 ...

CARACAS, Venezuela -- The man says he is possessed by a god. He shouts, his body trembles and he lifts a sacrificed lamb to his lips, drinking its blood from the jugular. This initiation ceremony, ...

Santeria is a religion practiced by one to five million people in the United States; still, because of its clandestine nature, estimates of practitioners of the Afro-Cuban religion vary widely. Some ...

William Ross saved his money, put his life on hold and went to Cuba this month. But he wasn’t visiting family or seeking a vacation. The Phoenix resident traveled to become a high priest. Ross, who ...

Cubans are publicly praying to the African gods of Santeria the saints of Roman Catholicism and the God of Protestant faiths in appeals for the health of ailing leader Fidel Castro and peace on the ...

CARACAS, Venezuela — The man says he is possessed by a god. He shouts, his body trembles and he lifts a sacrificed lamb to his lips, drinking its blood from the jugular. This initiation ceremony, ...

HAVANA - Cubans are drawing on their rich spiritual traditions, calling out to the African gods of Santeria, the saints of Roman Catholicism and to the Christian God of Protestant faiths in prayers ...