Babar found herself sharing her prayer rug with an elderly woman whom she didn't know.

CNN: U.S. couple from Georgia experiences Hajj pilgrimage

Last year, Almonte testified that a Santa Muerte statue prayer card, found with a kilogram of methamphetamine in a couple's car in New Mexico, were "tools of the trade" for drug traffickers to protect them from law enforcement.

WSJ: Underworld saint becoming more popular in US

The study looked at 17 previously published papers and found that "patients who received intercessory prayer demonstrated significant improvement" in seven of those.

BBC: Prayers for Muamba

By redefining themselves as cultural and educational centres, rather than simply houses of prayer, some of Britain's 42 cathedrals have found a survival strategy.

ECONOMIST: Cathedrals