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Philippine devotees nailed to crosses in Good Friday ritual
Published on 18/04/2025
» CUTID, Philippines - Christian devotees from the Philippines were nailed to a cross on Friday in an annual re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation.
Police, art sleuth crack case of Brueghel stolen in Poland in 1974
AFP, Published on 04/03/2025
» THE HAGUE - With the help of a well-known art detective and arts magazine journalists, Dutch police say they have cracked the case of the mysterious disappearance of a Brueghel painting from a Polish museum 50 years ago.
On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis launches holy Jubilee year
AFP, Published on 25/12/2024
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis opened the "Holy Door" of St Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, launching the Jubilee year of Catholic celebrations set to draw more than 30 million pilgrims to Rome.
Vatican urges caution over ‘apparitions’
Published on 17/05/2024
» VATICAN CITY - The Vatican issued new guidelines on Friday recommending a cautious approach to supposed supernatural events such as weeping Madonnas and blood-dripping crucifixes that have for centuries whipped up the Catholic faithful.
Italy's 'miracle' of the pizzas spurs Vatican to action
AFP, Published on 20/07/2023
» CIVITAVECCHIA (ITALY) - On the third of every month, hundreds of the faithful gather in a windswept field in a village near Rome where they believe a statue of the Virgin Mary is crying tears of blood.
Philippines holds bloody crucifixions, whippings on Good Friday
AFP, Published on 07/04/2023
» SAN FERNANDO (PHILIPPINES) - Catholic zealots were nailed to wooden crosses while others whipped their backs bloody and raw in gruesome displays of religious devotion on Good Friday in the Philippines.
Philippines holds bloody crucifixions, whippings on Good Friday
AFP, Published on 07/04/2023
» SAN JUAN (PHILIPPINES) - Catholic zealots were nailed to wooden crosses while others whipped their backs bloody and raw in gruesome displays of religious devotion on Good Friday in the Philippines.
Spain's begins centuries-old Easter processions
AFP, Published on 02/04/2023
» MADRID - Spain's colourful Holy Week celebrations begin on Sunday, featuring centuries-old processions of the faithful carrying flower-covered floats topped with statues of Christ or the Virgin Mary that draw huge crowds.
Pope presides over Palm Sunday after hospital stay
AFP, Published on 02/04/2023
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis presided over mass in St Peter's Square Sunday, as he kicked off events leading to Easter, just a day after leaving hospital following a bout of bronchitis.
The Dutch art detective who recovered the 'Blood of Christ' relic
AFP, Published on 12/07/2022
» AMSTERDAM - It was 10:30 pm on a Friday when Arthur Brand got the delivery he was nervously expecting.