SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines (AP) – Devotees in villages in the northern Philippines took part in a bloody annual ritual to mark Good Friday, a celebration that mixes Roman Catholic devotion and ...

Devotees in villages in the northern Philippines took part in a bloody annual ritual to mark Good Friday, a celebration that mixes Roman Catholic devotion and Filipino folk beliefs and sees some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Catholic penitent performs self-flagellation on the street on Good Friday. These acts of self-flagellation are a feature of ...

CUTUD, Philippines (Reuters) - Hundreds of tourists watched in shock as actors dressed as Roman soldiers hammered four-inch nails through the hands and feet of a Filipino into a wooden cross for the ...