Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Filipino Catholic devotees self-flagellate for lent MANILA (Reuters) - A group of 20 Catholic devotees walked barefoot for hours ...

Christian devotees were nailed to crosses and left covered in blood after self-flagellation during a re-enactment of Jesus Christ's crucifixion to mark Good Friday. Swathes of Filipinos and foreign ...

Father Alessandro Coniglio, who presided over the Mass, emphasized to CNA that “the mystery of the blood of Christ is at the heart of Holy Week. On Holy Wednesday, the friars of the Custody of the ...

An official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) yesterday reminded the faithful all over the country not to engage in crucifixion and self-flagellation in honoring the ...

The late Pope John Paul II would whip himself, according to a nun who helped to look after him. So how common is this practice in the Catholic faith? "We would hear the sound of the blows," says ...

Responding to acts of extreme corporal mortification during Holy Week, Catholic bishops in the Philippines have discouraged practices such as self-flagellation and crucifixion in favor of more ...

Holy Week is among the most important times for Catholics around the world. This year, the observance of Holy Week begins on March 24 and ends on March 31. According to Sister Klara Neldis of ...

Despite the rejection of the Catholic Church, self-flagellation continues to draw huge crowds in the predominantly Catholic Philippines during the Holy Week. John Rio, a resident of Hagdang Bato said ...

MANILA, April 6 (Reuters) - A group of 20 Catholic devotees walked barefoot for hours in Manila on Thursday while repeatedly striking their backs with bamboo whips to commemorate the passion of Jesus ...