On Wednesday’s edition of “Trunews,” Rick Wiles and his co-hosts discussed Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to Mexico. Instead of visiting the U.S.-Mexico border, they said, Francis should spend time condemning Santa Muerte, “the Mexican folk saint of death.”

Wiles said that there is probably a link to Santa Muerte’s popularity and the emergence of the Zika virus in Latin America.

“Is there a spiritual parallel to that religion and the sudden appearance of Zika virus in the Americas?” he asked. “They’re getting what they asked for: death. They’re praying to Satan, to Lucifer, they’re worshiping death and so he’s giving them death.”

“The whole world’s lost its mind, it’s gotten weird,” he added.