The letters are a prophecy of misfortune, disease and other events, and how to cope with them. Santeria followers anxiously await them every year.

Writer Miguel Machado shares in a personal essay how difficult times inspired him to reclaim spirituality and Santería.

Five people have died after drinking a poison potion in a Santeria "power" ritual, police in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca said Wednesday. Iván García Alvarez, the Oaxaca state police ...

Four men and a woman, one as young as 18, are dead after drinking a poisoned potion in a Santeria ritual designed to “acquire powers.” ...

In Cuba, santería, a fusion of African religions and Catholicism, grows in popularity after enduring decades of prohibitions and stigma by the communist government.

Five people were found dead in southern Mexico's Oaxaca state after consuming a lethal combination of unspecified substances, police said Wednesday.

Priests from Cuba's Afro-Cuban Santeria religion on Tuesday warned that rising homicides and a spike in illness could worsen an already punishing economic crisis that has pushed historic numbers ...

Now, as that stigma gradually fades and the country enters a moment of compounding economic, political and migratory crises, the religion is growing in popularity and expanding to new demographics ...

Claudia Hernandez worked as a custodian at San Diego State University for four years before she was fired last December. She's now suing the university for wrongful termination over her religion ...

San Diego State University fired custodian over religion, Santeria religious practices, and discriminated against employee, lawsuit says.

Man starts fire in room after mother throws out Santeria supplies: Deputies Luis Fernando Garces, 58, was charged with first-degree arson and domestic violence ...

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom estimates 70% in Cuba practice some version of Santeria or similar African-based religions.