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The country’s Catholic Church has deemed Santa Muerte’s followers devil-worshiping cultists.[1]

In Mexico, the Catholic Church has linked Santa Muerte to Satanism, saying she is being used to mislead desperate people.[3]

Priests regularly chastise parishioners that death is not a person but rather a phase of life.[4]

In addition they state that Santa Muerte is an idol, the worship of which has been rejected by God since the Old Testament. Worship of this or any other idol is a form of devil-worship, since the Devil tricks people into doing things such as this. The Devil can do many of the things that Santa Muerte reportedly does.[14]

Another reason the Church condemns worship of Santa Muerte is that her rites are based on Catholic liturgy.[2]

It is felt that at best the worship of a “Saint or Holy Death” is a misinterpretation of Catholic doctrine. A holy death or muerte santa means that the deceased has had the benefits of being spiritually prepared for death via the sacraments and confession, but the concept is not personified.[14]

Both Catholic and Protestant churches view the cult as a kind of black magic that needs to be condemned as trickery.[4]

[1] ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Gray, Steven (2007-10-16). “Santa Muerte: The New God in Town”. Time.com (Chicago: Time). Retrieved 2009-10-07.
[2] ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Araujo Peña, Sandra Alejandro; Barbosa Ramírez Marisela, Galván Falcón Susana, García Ortiz Aurea & Uribe Ordaz Carlos. “El culto a la Santa Muerte: un estudio descriptivo [The cult of Santa Muerte:A descriptive study]” (in Spanish). Revista Psichologia (Mexico City: Universidad de Londres). Retrieved 2009-10-07.
[3] ^ a b c d e f g h Ramirez, Margaret. “’Saint Death’ comes to Chicago”. Chicago Tribune (Chicago). Retrieved 2009-10-07.
[4] ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Garma, Carlos (2009-04-10). “El culto a la Santa Muerte [The cult of Santa Muerte]” (in Spanish). Mexico City: El Universal. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
[14] ^ a b Garcia Meza, Daniel (2008-11-01). “La “Niña blanca” mejor conocida como La Santa Muerte [The White Girl, better known as Santa Muerte]” (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreon (Torreon, Mexico). Retrieved 2009-10-07.