TIJUANA, Mexico -- Police running scared from drug gangs in one of Mexico's deadliest cities are using bizarre rituals involving animal sacrifice and spirit tattoos to seek protection from raging ...

OUIDAH, Benin – The deified residents of the Temple of Pythons, when released to find food, sometimes slither across the road into a Catholic church that once hosted Pope Benedict XVI. The local ...

A MASKED goblin figure chases two unsuspecting tourists along the busy streets, shrouded in a long multicoloured cloak. A few feet away, a priest carries a goat, preparing to sacrifice its blood to ...

COTONOU, Benin – The national voodoo holiday in the West African country of Benin had a distinctively political accent this year as practitioners from Africa and the Americas gathered on Sunday to ...

A voodoo priest in Benin performed ritual sacrifices and offered prayers for an end to the conflict in Gaza, according to reports. NEW YORK (JTA) — A voodoo priest in Benin performed ritual sacrifices ...

SECT-UAL HEALING: Santeria priestess Sandra Fachini prepares some blessed candles at her Bronx store before performing a cleansing ritual on a client. The back room featured figurines surrounded by a ...

Raymond Barnabet was known to be a bad guy, a violent man who seemed capable of the ax murders of young children. When police in Lafayette, La., arrested him, they were confident they had the man ...

Spanish police said Monday they had dismantled a trafficking ring they said used voodoo rituals -- including animal sacrifice -- to force Nigerian women into prostitution in Spain. Six traffickers ...

Dead chickens in plastic bags keep showing up at a busy intersection, and Animal Control investigators believe they've been ritually sacrificed."It could be voodoo, Santeria or some other religion ...

COTONOU (Reuters) - The national voodoo holiday in the West African country of Benin had a distinctively political accent this year as practitioners from Africa and the Americas gathered on Sunday to ...

The national voodoo holiday in the West African country of Benin had a distinctively political accent this year as practitioners from Africa and the Americas gathered on Sunday to offer prayers and ...