Over decades, a Spanish priest, Lucho Roma, abused hundreds of Indigenous girls in Bolivia. He photographed them, recorded them on video and documented his crimes in writing. This is the second diary of a pedophile priest that EL PAÍS has managed to access. On this occasion, however, the Society of Jesus carried out investigations that confirmed the crimes. But then, after Roma’s death in 2019, they kept them in a drawer, where they remained unpublished. Until today
The prelate of the diocese of Santo Amaro, in São Paulo, Brazil, submitted the consultation to the Vatican. That inquiry led to the authorization to baptize the LGBTQ+ faithful, who can also be godparents and witnesses to a wedding
The University of Exeter has created a master’s degree in Occult Science, while the Complutense University of Madrid offers a course on Magic and Religion
The exhumation of the remains of the founder of a Benedictine order has unleashed religious fervor in a country where Catholics are a minority. Forensic experts state that the failure of a corpse to decompose after four years is more common than it seems
The figure was excavated in a temple to the goddess Isis at an ancient Red Sea port. It suggests that the two worlds were closer than previously thought
Paul Makenzi was arrested on suspicion of telling his followers to fast to death in order to meet Jesus. The total death toll now stands at 73, with 26 new bodies exhumed on Monday
Santería was one of the few religious practices to quietly endure through decades of prohibitions and stigma by the communist government. Now it’s growing in popularity and expanding to new demographics
Invocations of moral purity, once associated with conservatives, are increasingly the domain of progressives. Is social media fueling an out-of-control cancel culture?
