Tag: Good Friday
Photos: Devotion through suffering: Filipino penitents in Kalayaan mark Good Friday...
In a public act of repentance and devotion, they beat their backs with wooden whips or bamboo flails, emulating the suffering of Christ
Photos: Crucifixions and whippings in the Philippines on Good Friday
As spectators filmed on their mobile phones, three-inch nails were driven into their palms, and then the crosses hoisted upright
Pope Francis to write meditations for Good Friday Way of the...
The setting for the papal Way of the Cross is rich with history and holds a special meaning for Rome’s Christians
Vatican’s Good Friday Holy Land collection to aid humanitarian efforts in...
This year’s appeal comes against the backdrop of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, which has had a devastating effect on the civilian population
Papal preacher warns against relativism and ‘vortex of nihilism’
With relativism in the fields of ethics, philosophy, art, and religion, “nothing more is solid; everything is liquid, or even vaporous”
Pope Francis skips Good Friday procession due to cold weather
Some 20,000 people took part in the ceremony at the Colosseum in Rome, which was dedicated to victims of conflict
Philippines holds bloody crucifixions, whippings on Good Friday
Some go to extreme lengths to atone for sins or seek divine intervention in rituals frowned on by the Church
Photos: ‘Way of the Cross’
Many towns in the predominantly Catholic Philippines stage various versions of the "Passion and Death of Jesus" on Good Friday
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