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 ...

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 ...

For some people, the mention of voodoo evokes something like a scene from the James Bond novel "Live and Let Die," featuring occult ceremonies with snakes and animal sacrifice. Animal sacrifice was ...

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 ...

Woman arrives dancing and singing at an Epe Ekpe festival, dressed in a traditional white toga. Statue of a voodoo god in the fetish market in Lome, Togo. Monkey skulls are just a few of the animal ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

They fear Aristide plans to renew 200-year national pact with the devil. In late April, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a former Catholic priest, declared voodoo an officially recognized religion.