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In recent years, devout Catholics in the Northern Philippines have even reenacted crucifixion in a modern symbolic version of ...

Catholics around the city commemorated the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday. "Back in the Philippines we ...

Christian devotees from the Philippines were nailed to a cross on Friday in a reenactment of Jesus Christ's crucifixion in ...

Ruben Enaje, 64, is seen alongside two other devotees nailed to wooden crosses in front of huge crowds in the village of San ...

Hundreds of people followed the performance of a passion play through the streets of Hull on Good Friday. Forty actors ...

Hundreds of faithful walked solemnly Friday with actors portraying Jesus and his mother, Mary, marking one of the holiest of ...

Two days before Easter, Christians worldwide will observe Good Friday, one of the most somber days of the religion's year.

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Who invented crucifixion? The Persians are commonly credited with this, but evidence suggests that it may have been the Greeks.

Catholics in the Philippines marked Good Friday with gory re-enactments of the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus Christ, ...