Catholic Studies at VCU


April 25	Quoted in Bloomberg Businessweek article "Edir Macedo, Brazil's Billionaire Bishop"
April 21	Cited in The Eyeless Owl article "Selling Holy Death-From Grim Reaper to Skeletal Virgin, a Brief Look at an Emerging Iconography"
April 16	Interviewed on BBC Radio 3
March 31	Quoted in El Mercurio (Chile's leading daily) article "Pope Francis, An Incentive for Catholicism in Latin America"
March 30	Quoted in The Times (London) article "St. Death Finds Followers Among Struggling Poor"
March 29	Authored Foreign Policy article "Can Francis Bring the Church Back From the Dead?"
March 27	Interviewed by Austrailian Radio program, Rear Vision, "Global Christianity"
March 22	Interviewed on LatinPulse "Spirituality & Science: The New Argentine Pope & Cancer in Latin America "
March 19	Interviewed by Jack Gravely on Christianity in Latin America
March 18	Quoted in Modern Mythology article "She Comes from the West with Flowers in Her Hair"
March 18	Authored Huffington Post Article "Pope Francis and the Preferential Option for the Latin American Poor"
March 15	Cited in "Catholicism: Pope Francis and the Background of Latin American Christianity"
March 14	Quoted in Yahoo News "First Latin American Pope Could Counter Declining Catholicism"
March 14	Interviewed by NBC12 "Richmond Reacts to New Pope"
March 14	Quoted in Wall Street Journal "Church Looks to the New World"
March 14	Interviewed on NPRs Morning Edition commenting on Pope Francis
March 13	Interviewed by O Globo "O Futuro da Ingreja está no Hemisfério Sul’, Diz Pesquisador"
March 13	Quoted in NBC12 article "Richmond Reacts to New Pope"
March 13	Interviewed by BBC Radio3
March 13	Quoted in Yahoo! News' aricle "First Latin American pope could counter declining Catholicism"
March 12	Quoted in NBC12 article "VCU Prof Picks Brazilian as the Next Pope"
March 12	Quoted in PRI's The World Article "Will the Next Pope be Brazilian?"
March 6	Quoted in Washington Times article "Santa Muerte: Unusual saint gaining popularity in Mexico and the US"
March 5	Quoted in Richmond Times Dispatch article "Surprised Virginia Catholics wonder about next leader"
March 5	Quoted in Spanish AP article "Crece la popularidad de la Santa Muerte en EEUU"
March 4	Authored Huffington Post article "God's Not Brazilian but the Next Pope Should Be"
March 4	Quoted in Globo article "Divisions Among Italian Clergy Can Aid in Election of a Brazilian"
March 4	Quoted in AP article, appeared in WP as "‘La Santa Muerte’ spreading across US after years linked to Mexico drug cartels, love, magic" and ABC as "Underworld Saint Becoming More Popular in US" (also appeared in WSP, NPR, Huffpost, US News, NBC Latino & others)
March 1	Cited in UOL Noticias article "Brazil Synthesizes Challenges to Catholicism and Is a Laboratory for Halting Its Decline"
February 28	Featured in NPR interview "Unofficial Saint Identified With Mexican Drug Lords in Virginia"
February 28	Quoted in Christian Science Monitor article "Benedict XVI pledges support to successor on his last day as pope"
February 27	Cited in On Being article "Folk Saint Santa Muerte Is Alive and Well in L.A. — Death, Devotion, and the DEA"
February 26	Quoted in InfoCatolica article "Human Remains Found at a Santa Muerte Altar in California"
February 25	Cited in Folha de Sao Paulo article "Catholicism Confronts Challenges"
February 25	Cited in Turkish news article about the Pope "Vatikan'ın Brezilya Sınavı"
February 24	Cited in NY Times International Weekly article "Catholic Renewal in Brazil"
February 24	Quoted in MSN-NYT article "Brazil is Laboratory to Halt the Decline of Catholicism"
February 24	Quoted on LA Santa Muerte case in Brazilian article "Human Bones Used for Witchcraft Are Auctioned on the Internet"
February 20	Quoted in MSN Noticias article "Marked Decline of Catholicism in Brazil"
February 19	Quoted in Huffington Post article "Human Remains, Makeshift Altar Found At Pasadena Home Of Alleged Santeria Practitioners"
February 19	Quoted in MSN article "Human bones on backyard altar were bought from eBay, relative says"
February 18	Interviewed about Santa Muerte on NBC LA "Human Bones Found in Altar Bought on eBay"
February 17	Quoted in NY Times article "Eagerly Awaiting Release of Brazilian Evangelical’s Autobiography"
February 14	Cited in NY Times article "A Laboratory for Revitalizing Catholicism"
February 14	Cited in VEJA article "Brasil é laboratório para reverter declínio do catolicismo, diz NYT"
February 12	Interviewed on CCTV (China Central Television) News
February 12	Interviewed on NPR Richmond
February 12	Quoted in German article "Lateinamerika möchte eine Latin Papst Quote slim"
February 11	Quoted in AP article "Latin America Would Like A Latin Pope, Odds Slim"(on NPR)
February 11	Quoted in AP article "Algunas miradas vuelven a ver a Latinoamérica ante anuncio de renuncia de Benedicto XVI" (on Fox News Latino)
February 11	Quoted in NY Times article "Successor to Benedict Will Lead a Church at a Crossroads"
February 11	Quoted in Richmond Times Dispatch article "Local Catholics: Pope's resignation 'has caught us all by surprise'"
February 11	Quoted in Christian Science Monitor article "Pope Benedict XVI retires: Will the next pope come from the 'global south?'"
February 11	Talking head for CBS6 segment "Henrico priest: Pope’s resignation sets precedent"
February 3	“Viva la Muerte: The Mushrooming Cult of Saint Death” : Lecture, Book Signing and Party
January 22	Disinformation: Texas Town Concerned By Santa Muerte Statue’s Mysterious Appearance In Cemetery, by Jacob Sloan
January 20	Doubtful News: Creepy statue in Texas cemetery unwelcome, by idoubtit.
January 14	NOT EVEN PAST: Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint (2011)<
December 18	Viva la muerte - the mushrooming cult-of-saint-death-lecture-booksigning-and-santa-muerte-welcome-party
December 12	Cited in “Cultul „Sfintei Morţi” – o tipologie a disperării” (The Cult of Saint Death – A Typology of Despair), Doxologia (Romania)
December 3	Love, Magic and Holy Death – A Conversation with Dr. R. Andrew Chesnut by David Metcalfe
November 19	Expert commentator for “Demons and Devils,” episode of National Geographic TV program, Taboo
November 5	Expert commentator for “Santa Muerte Ritual Linked to Find at Donna Cemetery,” ABC News, Rio Grande Valley, TX
November 2	Cited extensively in “Remember the Dead,” Modern Mythology
November 1	*New article: Santa Muerte: A Familiar Death* (PHOTOS), Huffington Post**
November 1	Cited in El mercado religioso en México by Roberto Blancarte
October 26	*Interviewed on Spirituality: Santeria & Santa Muerte* (Lp10262012)**
September 16	Muerte, Mi Amor
September 12	Santa Muerte: Patron Saint of the Drug War - Need help killing someone? Or cementing a drug deal?
July 9	Featured expert for story on Santa Muerte- Faith in the Five Boroughs
July 9	Featured expert for story on Haitian Charismatic Catholics- Faith in the Five Boroughs
June 22	The story of the 'Narco Saint': CNN in English story on narco-saint Jesus Malverde
June 18	El santo de los narcotraficantes: CNN en Español story on narco-saint Jesus Malverde
June 13	PRX Radio Piece on Santa Muerte with high school students in Austin, TX
June 1	Catholic Charismatics in Brazil Quoted in PRI's "The World"
May 30	Andrew Chesnut gives a talk at University of Copenhagen on Santa Muerte.
May 27	BBC Santa Muerte interview
May 7	Featured expert for Santa Muerte story (part 1), ABC TV, Richmond.
May 7	Featured expert for Santa Muerte story (part 2), ABC TV, Richmond.
May 1	*Rise of Santa Muerte in-depth radio interview on With Good Reason, a program of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.*
May 1	In-depth radio interview on Santa Muerte, Culture Shocks With Bary Lynn
May 7	8 News Investigates Santa Muerte on local Richmond ABC Channel 8 (download video clip)
May 2	In-depth Santa Muerte interview on culture shocks
April 27	NBC 12 Santa Muerte Story
April 23	In-depth radio interview on Santa Muerte, NPR Santa Fe
April 12	Santa Muerte: The Skeleton Saint's Deadly American Debut: Blog article by Andrew Chesnut appearing on huffingtonpost.com
April 5	Latin American Drug Traffickers Turn to Cults for Comfort by Elyssa Pachico Article quoting Andrew Chesnut which appeared on insightcrime.org
April 4	Santa Muerte on Fox's Happening Now Andrew Chesnut in nationally televised interview.
April 1	April 1 Mexican Agents Probe Family in 3 Ritual Murders AP story quoting Andrew Chesnut appearing in hundreds of newspapers
April 1	Santa Muerte on BBC's Up All Night Andrew Chesnut in interview on British radio.
March 31	Santa Muerte interview on the BBC Newshour, which starts at minute 41:30
March 27	SKY TV: Papal Visit to Mexico and Cuba Andrew Chesnut interviewed about the papal visit to Mexico and Cuba London-base cable channel.
March 26	B&C Book Review Review by Philip Jenkins of Andrew Chesnut's book Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint
March 25	Univisión: Papal Visit to Cuba AFP story on papal visit to Cuba (translated to Spanish) in which Andrew Chesnut is quoted
March 25	Catholic Church Deals With a Diminished Role in Cuban Life By Randal C. Archibold Article quoting Andrew Chesnut which appeared in The New York Times
March 24	In Cuba Pope Tries to Expand the Flock Quoted in AFP story, which ran worldwide
March 23	Al jazeera: Papal Visit to Mexico and Cuba Telivised interview and web article featuring Andrew Chesnut
March 20	Reina apatia en catolicos mexicanos dias antes de visita papal Quoted in AP story in Spanish, which ran in Spain and throughout Latin America
March 18	Cuba, Mexico Pose Different Test of Pope's Mettle Quoted in AP story that ran world-wide
March 18	Huffington Post: Papal Visit to Mexico and Cuba Blog article by Andrew Chesnut appearing on huffingtonpost.com
March 16	KRGV-ABC: Santa Muerte Spreading to Other Parts of Country Televised interview (and web article) featuring Andrew Chesnut and aired on the ABC news affiliate in Brownsville, TX,, and the entire Rio Grande Valley...
March 14	Our Lady of Love and Death Review of Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint in Inside Higher Ed.
March 5	Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint Andrew Chesnut's book on Santa Muerte released in the United Kingdom.
March 1	Fox 5 (Washington, DC) Televised news piece on Santa Muerte featuring Andrew Chesnut
Feb. 21	Questions About Santa Muerte and Mexicans' Relationship with Death Interviewed on Oxford University Press Blog
Feb. 19	Our Lady of Guadalupe Battles "Holy Death" for Devotion of Mexican Faithful Quoted in Our Sunday Visitor, the largest Catholic weekly in the U.S.
Jan. 10	Los Angeles Believers in La Santa Muerte Say They Aren't a Cult Interviewed on Madeleine Brand Show, NPR Southern California
Jan. 7	Huffington Post: Santa Muerte Blog article by Andrew Chesnut appearing on huffingtonpost.com
Nov. 25	Evangelical Leader Rises in Brazil's Culture Wars Quoted in New York Times