From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

by Caitlin Doughty

Prior to the mid-twentieth century in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America, a dead baby or child was considered a spiritual being, almost a saint, with a direct audience with God. These Angelitos, free from sin, could offer favors for the family members they left behind.

All that surrounds us comes from death, every part of every city, and every part of every person.