Devotees nailed to crosses in Philippines

By Iya Forbes
Updated April 19 2019 - 8:53pm, first published 8:46pm
The Catholic Church frowns upon the re-enactment, instead calling on the faithful to pray at Lent.
The Catholic Church frowns upon the re-enactment, instead calling on the faithful to pray at Lent.

Several Roman Catholic devotees have been nailed to wooden crosses in a gory Good Friday ritual in the Philippines, and others flogged themselves or took part in religious plays to re-enact Jesus Christ's suffering.

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