A piece of Calvary in Rome
On Good Friday on April 10 when the Catholic Church commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ, the official stational church for Lent in Rome is the Basilica di
On Good Friday on April 10 when the Catholic Church commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ, the official stational church for Lent in Rome is the Basilica di
NOTHING, it seems, escapes controversy. Even Jesus on the cross is not spared.
Every Good Friday, processions of religious images depicting Jesus Christ’s passion, crucifixion, death and burial are held in cities and provinces across the country.
This Sunday’s Gospel is an interesting juxtaposition of a story and an allocution. It opens with Christ addressing Nicodemus, and develops into one of the most quoted passages on
About a week after that incident, I went back to the place of Apo Ina, with the late actor and UFO investigator Roy Alvarez, who was interested in paranormal phenomena.
The transfiguration narrative is a pivotal moment in the larger narrative of the life of Christ. It is one of the five major events in the life and mission of Christ.
The Catholic Church had always discouraged the practice of penitential crucifixion. Having the human body mutilated and wounded is not sanctioned.
I have always been intrigued by the yearly spectacle of Filipino penitents being nailed on the cross on Good Friday in a small town in Pampanga. The practice was started by a faith healer in 1956.
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