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A photo essay which documents devotion of Santeria community in Cuba.

The article examines questions arising from modern-day animal sacrifice for religious purposes. Reported on is a case in where a Santeria priest was prohibited from making a sacrifice without permission of local government. The constitutional issues raised by this injunction are examined. The article notes that the Hmong people and Muslims also practice animal sacrifice.

This article discusses issues related to slaughter of animals in religious ceremonies. Substituting an animal for a human is a common theme in sacrifice. During China's Shang dynasty, beginning about 3700 years ago, oracles suggested that sacrificing 10 oxen was roughly equal to sacrificing five men. Sharing a table with the gods is still part of daily life in some places. Santeria, a religion blending west African Yoruba beliefs with Cuban Roman Catholicism, still sacrifices goats, chickens and guinea pigs to gods, with a feast to follow. Santeria claims to have some 5 million followers globally, and growing.

The article discusses religion in Cuba in relation to a rise in the popularity of the Santería religion which was brought to Cuba by the Nigerian Yoruba slaves in the early 18th century. According to the article, Santería blends the Yoruba religion with the Catholicism of Spanish colonisers. It states that Santería recognizes 401 orishas (deities). The culture is Cuba is examined, along with the treatment of women and gay people under Santería.

Describes the Santeria faith, which is thriving in Cuba amid a mix of African deities, Christian saints and Marxism. Possession by saints; Consultations; Sacrifices.

The article focuses on the protest by Jose Merced, a Santeria priest to a local ordinance in Euless, Texas that bans the slaughter of goats, a part of sacrifices required by his Afro-Carribean religion. Merced contends that the ordinance has violated his constitutional right to the free exercise of religion. Lori Windham, Becket Fund attorney, asserts that the issue of Santeria and animal sacrifice was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

This article reports on Jose Merced, president of a Santeria congregation in Euless, Texas. Merced is suing the city for impinging on his religious freedom. Santeria is an amalgam of Christian and Afro-Cuban beliefs. But the city, responding to complaints from neighbors, has forbidden Merced from sacrificing chickens and goats in a residential home, which serves as the sect's church.