2023-10-28 02:00:00
San Judas Tadeo shares the patronage of the impossible with Santa Rita de Casia.
The tree that grew straight cannot be twisted
Unfortunately, in some cases, devotion to Saint Jude has given rise to certain deviations that the Church has timely clarified. In 2008, through a statement titled “Saint Jude Thaddeus and some deviations from his cult“, the Primate Archdiocese of Mexico clarified that San Judas Tadeo is not the “saint of criminals or drug traffickers”, as some maliciously claimed to justify their crimes or evils. Furthermore, the document once again insists that his devotion is not compatible with the pseudo cults related to the so-called “Santa Muerte”, a phenomenon that does not belong to the Catholic identity either.
The archdiocese also noted that “the Church encourages popular manifestations of authentic devotion,” but that “in some cases – such as those mentioned above – there are serious incompatibilities” with the teachings of the Church. Certainly the cult of “Santa Muerte”, linked to witchcraft and paganism, is very popular in Mexico and intensifies with the approach of All Souls’ Day (November 2).
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