Posted on 04/09/2009 2:36:14 PM PDT by kellynla
Mexico City, Mexico (CNA) -- Father Hugo Valdemar, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Mexico City, has issued a warning about the “terrorist” nature of the call for a “holy war” against the Catholic Church by the leader of followers of Santa Muerte -- “St. Death.”
David Romo Guillen, leader of the devotion to “St. Death,” especially popular among drug traffickers and criminals, called for a “holy war” against the Catholic Church after the Mexican Army destroyed several places of worship it suspected to be criminal hideouts, especially in the northern part of the country, including one shrine to Santa Muerte in Tijuana.
"Only terrorist or fundamentalist leaders call for holy wars, like Bin Laden or the Taliban,” said Fr. Valdemar. “It’s a shame that Mr. Romo makes himself equal to the Taliban or a terrorist by calling for a holy war.”
After the destruction of the suspected hideouts, Romo blamed the military’s actions on the Catholic Church, because several bishops had warned against the devotion and called it un-Christian.
On Monday, April 6, followers of St. Death, led by Romo, protested outside the Mexico City Cathedral, displaying pictures of the “White Child,” the name they have given to St. Death, represented by a skeleton dressed in a white tunic or sometimes in a wedding gown.
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Bring it on.
You have Death. We have Christ. I predict an even better outcome than when they last met.
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