A Filipino villager is nailed to a cross for the 35th time on Good Friday to pray for world peaceA Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christโs suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition.
In Nicaragua, Holy Week celebrations limited by governmentRoman Catholics in Nicaragua have had to hold traditional โStations of the Crossโ and other Holy Week processions on church grounds or inside the churches amid a ban on public demonstrations.
Pope Francis skips Good Friday at Colosseum in chilly RomePope Francis, hospitalized recently with bronchitis, has skipped the traditional Good Friday nighttime procession at the Colosseum because of chilly weather in Rome.
Israeli police: American arrested for vandalizing churchIsraeli police have arrested an American tourist after he allegedly knocked down and broke a statue of Jesus in a church in Jerusalemโs Old City.
CenterPoint Energy warns Tomball residents of planned power outage set for Good FridayThe company says 140 customers would be impacted for up to eight hours.
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo reflects on what this holy season means to him and Houston Catholics Friday on Houston LifeItโs Holy Week and the church is returning to more normalcy following the pandemic.
Christians mark Good Friday, Holy Week under virus woesFor a second year, Christians in the Holy Land are marking Good Friday without the mass pilgrimages usually seen in the Holy Week leading up to Easter because of the coronavirus.