MABALACAT CITY, Philippines - Catholics in the northern Philippine province of Pampanga, many bare-chested and hooded, practice self-flagellation in the sweltering heat in the week before Easter to ...

Dozens of penitents whip their backs to atone for their sins during Good Friday rites in the streets of the southern Philippine town of Kalayaan, as Christians across this largely Catholic country ...

Catholics in the Philippines marked Good Friday with gory re-enactments of the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus Christ, amid warnings of intense heat reaching dangerous levels. Churches nationwide ...

How did you spend your Easter holiday? Well, while Kenyans typically attend church, visit family or flock entertainment joints, in some parts of the world, there are quite strange rituals performed ...

His first self-flagellation took place in front of his fellow penitents in the resurrection ritual—the largest religious event of the Brotherhood calendar: “This is a mass self-flagellation event ...

Shiite Muslims across the globe on Tuesday observed Ashura, an annual commemoration mourning the seventh-century martyrdom of a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed. Imam Hussein bin Ali’s death in the ...

The Good Friday flagellation tradition draws thousands of Catholic devotees to the Philippines every Easter - Copyright AFP Ted ALJIBE The Good Friday flagellation ...

KALAYAAN, Philippines (AP) — Dozens of penitents whip their backs to atone for their sins during Good Friday rites in the the southern Philippine town of Kalayaan, as Christians across this largely ...

A Good Friday observance sees reenactments of Jesus' crucifixion in Barangay San Pedro Cutud, in San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines, on April 21, 2011. (istolethetv/Wikimedia Commons via Courthouse ...