Wooden and clay sculptures and figurines are just a few of the depictions of Mayan folk saint San Simon/Maximon on display at the main art gallery on campus. Photo Credit: Demi Corso/Sundial Staff A ...

SAN ANDRES XECU, Guatemala – The Mayan followers of the folk saint Maximon believe he likes to smoke and drink and have plenty of available cash. He's revered in several towns in Guatemala's highlands ...

ALBUQUERQUE – Bishops in the United States are denouncing the skeleton folk saint known as La Santa Muerte – a figure Roman Catholic leaders in Mexico routinely have attacked for the deity’s ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities say a local leader of the Mexican folk saint cult “La Santa Muerte” has been gunned down at an altar to the skeletal figure. The saint — whose name means roughly “Holy ...

Listen SÃO PAULO – A 65-foot-tall sculpture of Frei Damião, a major folk saint in the Northeast of Brazil, was unveiled on November 14 in Canafístula, a district in the city of Palmeira dos Índios in ...

Texas Folklife will present a screening of the documentary short film, La Santa Muerte: A Folk Saint in Texas. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers and Andrew ...