In Santeria, anyone can have a shrine, or a place of worship, in their home. That is how the faith usually is practiced. Penalver, 53, regularly summons her god Yemaya in her modest Allapattah ...

Jesus Suarez, a Santeria priest, had slit the throat of one goat that June afternoon. He had three more goats, two sheep and 44 chickens to go. But before he could finish the ritual sacrifice, Cora… ...

Although Santeria has been widely practiced in South Florida for decades, the Afro-Cuban religion, which at times includes animal sacrifices, remains cloaked in mystery and sensation. Just last yea… ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - The family of Emilia Montoya, 79, sacrificed four white doves and two roosters, chanted in the African language Yoruba and pounded a wooden ...

The religious practice of animal sacrifice has brought Santeria to the attention of the US Supreme Court, but many believe it is an ancient African tradition. Reply. Megan W. Barhorst says: ...

Santeria Religious Sacrifice Held Constitutionally Protected Activity. A priest of Santeria—an Afro-Caribbean religion that requires animal sacrifice—can claim his arrest on animal cruelty ...

(RNS) A Santeria priest can continue to sacrifice animals in his Texas home, a federal appeals court has ruled. Jose Merced of Euless was told in 2006 that he needed a permit to slaughter animals ...

Idizol said Santeria priestesses are required to make ritual animal sacrifices by “divine forces.” Priestesses service others through divination and divine forces tell them what needs to be ...

A Loudoun County woman has been found guilty of animal cruelty after she sacrificed roosters as a Santeria religious practice. Mercy Carrion, a Santeria priestess, said in court Wednesday that the ...

City officials didn`t expect much of a flap earlier this month when the Board of Animal Regulation considered an ordinance to make it illegal to conduct animal sacrifices within the city limits ...

An old Supreme Court decision about ritual animal sacrifices helped halt President Trump’s travel bans. The three federal appeals judges who refused to reinstate Trump’s executive order last ...

Two hikers found what could be evidence of animal sacrifice in the East Lagoon Nature Preserve. Authorities deny it was a ritual killing. On Wednesday, August 5 at 2 p.m., Houston artist ...