Father James Kelly was ordained in 1950 and has dedicated a lifetime to the church in the Philadelphia region.

Hundreds of congregants danced ecstatically, offering cash and kola nuts to a Voodoo deity called Thron. ... “It is a sacrifice for Thron,” beamed a sword-wielding priest named Houénndé.

184 killed in Haiti, U.N. says, as gang leader allegedly orders massacre of elderly on voodoo priest's advice. December 9, 2024 / 5:37 AM EST / CBS/AFP Escalating gang violence in Haiti .

Charles W. Priest, 90, of Norristown on Thursday, July 14, 2011, at Rittenhouse Pine Nursing Center, Norristown, PA. Born August 23, 1920 in Norristown, PA, he was the son of the late Elizabeth (Po… ...

Haiti’s government says the country’s gangs have crossed a “red line” after allegedly killing over 180 people over the weekend, after a gang leader reportedly blamed Voodoo adherents for ...

The National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH), based in the capital, said a local gang leader, Monel "Mikano" Felix, ordered the killings after a voodoo priest told him that elderly people in ...

Voodoo worshippers listen to Gilbert Kakpo, a Voodoo priest who says countless people have been helped through the spirits’ powers at the Bohouezoun sacred forest in Benin, on Thursday, Oct. 5 ...

PORTO-NOVO, Benin — For many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the first months of their lives. Barren women performed Voodoo rituals by sacred trees to ...

MIAMI – A Miami man is facing three felony charges after police accused him of raping a woman at knifepoint twice. Miami police arrested Francisco Armenteros Palacios, 56, Sunday evening. An ...