Dozens of penitents whip their backs to atone for their sins during Good Friday rites in the the southern Philippine town of ...

Barefoot men and women clad in maroon shirts -- the colour of the robe that covers the black, wooden Jesus of Nazarene ... The life-sized wooden statue was brought to the Philippines in the ...

Thousands of devotees flock to the Divine Mercy Shrine every Holy Week to pray and seek solemnity in the nine-hectare complex ...

Every Holy Week, streets across the Philippines transform into open-air stages for one of the country’s most unique and ...

The statue of Jesus carrying the cross was brought to the Philippines from Mexico on a galleon in 1606 by Spanish missionaries. The ship that carried it caught fire, but the charred statue ...

As Holy Week begins, Filipinos are preparing to observe traditional practices such as Visita Iglesia, where devotees visit ...

MANILA, Philippines — The San Guillermo Parish in Bacolor, Pampanga, better known as the setting of hit show "May Bukas Pa" that was half-buried by lahar at the onslaught of the 1991 Mount Pinatubo ...