MANILA (Reuters) - A group of 20 Catholic devotees walked barefoot for hours in Manila on Thursday while repeatedly striking their backs with bamboo whips to commemorate the passion of Jesus Christ.

Filipino Catholics gathered Sunday afternoon, Jan. 11, for a lively, colorful community tradition. The prayerful event at ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — At least 1.8 million mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Thursday in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a centuries-old black statue of Jesus.

The annual celebration honors Jesus Christ through worship, food and cultural traditions rooted in the Philippines.

LAKE FOREST – Some of the baby Jesus figurines were the size of newborns. Others were as tiny as baby chicks. They came tucked inside baskets and resting on pillows. With their arms reaching up, some ...

A puppet show is helping Filipino children understand the Passion and death of Jesus that is being observed this week by Christians around the world. The play, Passion of the Christ, which features ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of police and plainclothes officers were deployed, along with drone surveillance and commandos positioned on rooftops along the route of the procession. MANILA, ...