Fox News: Pope Will Not Meet with Santeria Practitioners on Cuba Trip
HAVANA – The Afro-Cuban Santería religion may owe much to Roman Catholicism, but many Santeros are decidedly unenthusiastic about Pope Benedict XVI's March 26-28 tour of Cuba. Santero priests still ...
San Diego Union-Tribune: Cuban Santeros wary of Pope visit after JPII snub
AOL: Cuba's Santeros offer gifts and ask deities for peace as tensions rise with US
Cuba's Santeros offer gifts and ask deities for peace as tensions rise with US
AOL: Santeria, fusion of African religions and Catholicism, remains strong in Cuba
In the October, 1993 print edition of High Times, Eric Williams writes about the pantheistic Afro-Cuban religious tradition of Santeria. The religion’s future following the ruling is still uncertain.
Santeria priests, also known as Babalawos, perform a cleansing ritual with roosters during a ceremony calling for peace and health in Havana, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) HAVANA — ...
Santeria, the most common name given to a religious tradition of African origin that was developed in Cuba and then spread throughout Latin America and the United States. It centers on the personal relationship between practitioners and the orishas, the deities of the Yoruban nations of West Africa.
Santeria combines influences of Caribbean tradition, West Africa's Yoruba spirituality, and elements of Catholicism. Santeria evolved when African slaves were stolen from their homelands during the Colonial period and forced to work in Caribbean sugar plantations.
Is Santeria witchcraft? Discover the origins, rituals, and cultural significance of Santeria, and why it's often misunderstood as witchcraft.
Santeria (Santería in Spanish, meaning "Way of the Saints") is a set of related religious systems that fuse Roman Catholic beliefs with traditional Yorùbá beliefs, that over time became a unique religion in its own right.