[Loud Mime]

They should include that communist who called religion the opiate of the masses.

/s

[markomalley]

Another popular one in Mexico is Santa Muerte:

(Also not recognized by the Catholic Church, in case that needs to be said)

[big'ol_freeper]

Sort of like so-called protestants who revere Fred Phelps.

[Bean Counter]

The latest Smithsonian magazine has an extensive and very disturbing article about this subject that is very much worth reading.

[marshmallow]

Like I've said before, the further away Roman Catholicism is from suburban America the more it's pagan roots show.

Like I've said before...........you have no idea what you're talking about.

Catholicism was brought to Mexico in the early 16th century.

What religions were practiced in Mexico before that time and in some places, still are?

That's right. Pagan religions.

Sometimes old habits die hard.

The paganism is a holdover from centuries, even millenia, of paganism.

[Alex Murphy]

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[Campion]

the further away Roman Catholicism is from suburban America the more it's pagan roots show

"Roman Catholicism" has "it's" [sic] roots in Mexico? Who knew?

You're really reaching this time. Drug dealers "venerate" a "saint" of their own invention ... and that's Catholicism's fault?

I might as well point to Mormons and say, "the further away Protestantism is from northern Europe, the more its Gnostic roots show".