The Archbishop of San Luis PotosÃ, Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe, clarified this Tuesday on July 8th that the Archdiocese is not behind the alleged call for 40 days of fasting and prayer in protest of Marilyn Manson's concert at the 2025 San Luis Potosà National Fair (FENAPO). In recent days, the idea that Catholic groups were organizing a "spiritual resistance" against the artist's performance, scheduled for August 10, has circulated widely on social media, as well as in local, national, and entertainment media. The information was disseminated without citing official sources, specific Catholic organizations, or fact-checking by the media outlets that disseminated the information. “We haven't called for a fast. We've already said enough on this issue,” Archbishop Cavazos Arizpe stated, according to local media. He also noted that there are more pressing issues, such as those facing communities in the Huasteca region of Potosà affected by the rains and floods, ...
One of the noteworthy contributions of Marilyn Manson, especially in the first twenty years of his career, is helping to bring underground taboo exploration through transgressive controversial art into the mainstream. He did this at a time when there was a resurgence in transgressive taboo exploration, beginning around the late 1990's, but no one brought it to mainstream audiences like Marilyn Manson, which was part of the initial shock of his persona. One could say it was the foundation upon which his career was built and it was the means by which he would continually reinvent himself. The list is too long to explore this in detail, but we see it beginning with his very name, taking the first name of a woman and the last name of killer and bringing together opposites. We also see it in his first major hit with his cover of the 80's dance hit 'Sweet Dreams' by the Eurythmics, in which he explores its dark lyrics without changing a word and gives it a sleazy, creepy BDSM...