Marinduque’s masquerade of faith

Every year, faith takes center stage in the province of Marinduque as people showcase art and culture in a week-long festival of masks and costumes dubbed “Moriones.”

Jakarta archbishop holds post-Easter celebration with convicts

Hundreds of Christians imprisoned for drug offenses say a visit by Catholics, including Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo of Jakarta, has quenched their spiritual thirst.

Photo of girl on cross goes viral, disgusts Christians

A PICTURE of a girl posing on a wooden cross has gone viral online, with incensed devotees decrying it on social media sites as insensitive and blasphemous.

Manila archdiocese holds ‘Salubong’ at new home

FOR the first time in decades, the Archdiocese of Manila celebrated Easter Sunday in a temporary new home – San Fernando de Dilao Parish Church in Paco – with a message to the faithful to reexamine their lives and forswear selfishness and greed.

24 killed in Holy Week mishaps

A TOTAL of 24 people died while some 63 others were injured in various accidents during the Holy Week, disaster management officials said yesterday.

Fanatics defy Church, stage crucifixions

CATHOLIC fanatics in the Philippines had themselves nailed to the cross Friday in a bloody display of religious frenzy as the Christian world marked the day Jesus was crucified.

Visita Iglesia site gains 175k virtual visitors

MORE Filipinos appear to be turning to the Internet to fulfill the “Visita Iglesia,” a Holy Week tradition of visiting seven churches, as the Catholic Church’s online site registered more than 175,000 visitors even before Maundy Thursday.

Why Filipinos find it harder to relate to Easter

THIS, for many if not most Filipinos, is the point of Holy Week: to join Good Friday processions, scourge themselves, or even have themselves nailed on the cross like Jesus Christ.

Pope: Christ as source of hope amid suffering

JESUS Christ is “present as a force of hope through his Church,” Pope Benedict XVI announced in his Easter greeting addressed to the city of Rome and the world yesterday.

Hundreds flock to Pampanga’s Senakulo

HUNDREDS of religious devotees flocked Monday evening to the Arnedo Park at the Capitol to watch the free production of “Senakulo 2012” presented by Alpha-Omega Theatrical Productions.

Two-day break for soldiers

ARMY chief Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista has granted soldiers a two-day holiday break to observe Semana Santa or Holy Week, a military spokesman said Tuesday.

‘Relax, but don’t forget true meaning of Lent’

IT’S OK to go on a vacation this Holy Week and watch movies during the long break as long as they have a religious theme. Just don’t miss hearing Mass on Easter Sunday.

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