SATANIC COUNCIL OF PUERTO RICO ANNOUNCES SERVICE IN FRONT OF THE CAPITOL — CHRISTIANS ERUPT
The group calling itself the Satanic Council of Puerto Rico — Concilio Satánico de Puerto Rico — has thrown the island into an uproar after announcing a public service in front of the Capitol in San Juan.
That location is not neutral ground. The Capitol is where laws are written. It is also where evangelist Jorge Raschke has held his annual Día de Clamor a Dios for decades, drawing Christians to the north entrance of the building. The government even unveiled the Plaza del Creyente on Capitol grounds with more than $200,000 in public funds. For a large part of the evangelical community, that ground is already claimed.
The announcement hit like a match. Pastors, church groups, and believers online called it a provocation, a mockery of the nation, and spiritual warfare at the door of the state. The reaction was immediate and raw: Puerto Rico’s Christian base is furious.
The fight is bigger than one flyer. In the United States, satanic groups have already used state capitols to force the same argument — if Christians can pray there, other religions can hold rites there too. A 2025 attempt at a “black mass” at the Kansas State Capitol ended in chaos and arrests. Puerto Rico is now staring at its own version of that collision.
In the middle of the backlash, the daughter of Pastor Jorge Raschke said she had been in contact with members of the satanic church or council. Her message cut against the rage: do not issue death threats against the Satanists. Pray for them.
The Council’s position, as circulated with the announcement, is blunt. The ceremony will go forward. They say they have lawyers. They say freedom of worship is not owned by one pulpit.
Puerto Rico is now split into two camps:
- One side sees a desecration of sacred political ground and an insult to the island’s Christian majority.
- The other side sees a First Amendment test: the Capitol sidewalk does not belong to a single faith.
What is no longer in dispute is the effect. The announcement did its job. It broke the silence, ignited the churches, and put the Capitol back at the center of a religious war
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