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A Narco-Saint, a Death Cult, and a Lost-Cause Apostle Await the Pope in Mexico
As Mexico lavishly prepares for Pope Francis' first visit to the world's second most Catholic nation, the country's rapidly growing religious counterculture doesn't really care that he's coming.
Partying at the Shrine of Mexican Narco-Saint Jesús Malverde
Every year, devotees of Jesús Malverde gather in Culiacán to parade a bust of the Robin Hood–esque figure through town and honor him with gifts of cigarettes and whiskey.
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