Overview

• Protesters launched a 40-day fast, prayer and works of mercy on July 1 to spiritually oppose the Marilyn Manson concert set for August 10 at the Feria Nacional Potosina.
• Organizers stress the campaign is entirely peaceful and won’t include road blockades, focusing instead on spiritual communication to avoid the show.
• The fasting group cites the singer’s past sexual and psychological abuse allegations, antichrist symbolism and purported links to the 1999 Columbine massacre.
• On July 8, Archbishop Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe clarified that the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí neither convened nor endorses the protest.
• Fenapo officials maintain the Recinto Ferial de San Luis Potosí concert remains confirmed on its free Teatro del Pueblo stage.