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Catholics celebrate Easter Sunday

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 21 01:45 PM

Filipino Catholics on Easter Sunday flocked to churches to celebrate Easter Sunday, which commemorates the day Christians believe Jesus rose from the dead. Read more »

‘Cleanliness is next to godliness’: Bishop laments trash left by Holy Week visitors at Antipolo Cathedral

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 21 11:34 AM

ANTIPOLO, Rizal — A bishop on Sunday expressed dismay over the piles of trash left at a Cathedral here by millions of devotees who joined a traditional trek for Holy Week.    Read more »

WATCH: Catholic devotees flock to churches, join processions on Good Friday

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 10:12 AM

Thousands of Catholics flocked to churches and joined processions to mark Good Friday, a Christian holiday that commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. Read more »

LOOK: Sadly, another Lenten 'tradition' continues — public littering

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 09:24 PM

“Environmental apathy, sad to say, is still very prevalent,” Ecowaste Coalition said on Friday. Read more »

Extreme Easter: Flogging, crucifixions mark Lent in the Philippines

Ron Lopez, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 19 05:09 PM

A man was nailed to a cross with up to 10 more to follow while barefoot men beat themselves with flails on Good Friday, in a blood-soaked display of religious fervor in the Philippines. Read more »

Book review: Get to know the Virgin Mary in ‘A Sky Full of Stars’

Joko Magalong-De Veyra
Posted at Apr 19 01:52 PM

The book “A Sky Full of Stars” has an appeal that goes beyond Lenten reading. Chapters read simple and forthright, with well-researched short stories that inspire and entertain as much as they inform – all aiming to make the Virgin Mary (and venerating her) more accessible to the reader. Read more »

7 churches in Bulacan for Visita Iglesia

Fred Hawson
Updated as of Apr 19 01:42 PM

Here’s a look at seven churches in Bulacan for Visita Iglesia. Read more »

In Lenten message, Duterte tells Pinoys to 'serve people, poor'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 08:22 AM

Days after mocking Catholic practices, President Rodrigo Duterte has called on Filipinos to be inspired and renew their obligation in serving people as they commemorate Holy Week. Read more »

LOOK! These 20 photographs show the rituals of Siquijor’s faith healers on Holy Week

Veejay Villafranca
Updated as of Apr 19 01:59 PM

The photographer Veejay Villafranca shares with ANCX.ph his images of the healers’ congress in Barangay San Antonio, where most of the houses of healers are concentrated, a place which comes especially alive during Good Friday Read more »

From Quiapo to Guimaras: the processions you can join during Lent

Marie Francia
Updated as of Apr 20 08:58 AM

This week, Catholics take to the streets to participate in processions both grand and solemn Read more »

Bisikleta Iglesia 2019: Pedal and pray in 7 Batangas churches

Jeeves de Veyra
Updated as of Apr 18 04:16 PM

Lima Park Hotel’s annual Bisikleta Iglesia once again brought together pedal and prayer power for a unique Lenten pilgrimage.  Read more »

How the Station of the Cross became a yearly tradition at Bonifacio High Street

ANCX
Updated as of Apr 17 11:59 PM

More than 10 years ago, a young group of Christians called Church Simplified started a Holy Week tradition at Bonifacio High Street. Called Walkway, it featured an interactive interpretation of the Stations of the Cross as well as a free concert on Easter Sunday Read more »

'Kristo 2019,' tampok ang modernong pagtatanghal ng senakulo

Jeff Fernando, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 12:00 PM

Para sa produksyon ng "Kristo 2019," patuloy ang kuwento at aral ng Panginoong Hesus hanggang sa kasalukuyan.  Read more »

Pabasa in Marikina

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 05:29 PM

Catholic devotees perform "Pabasa" at the Our Lady of the Abandoned Parish in Marikina on Monday. Read more »

A test of faith

Vincent Go, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 02:37 PM

James Lerry Punzalan, 18, and other devotees carry a cross weighing more than 40 kilos as a show of faith along the provincial highway in San Jose, Nueva Ecija on Saturday, April 13. Read more »

Blessing of the palaspas

Noel Celis, AFP
Posted at Apr 14 01:21 PM

Catholic devotees wave palm fronds as a church layman blesses them during Palm Sunday celebrations at the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto church in Bulacan. Read more »

Happening this weekend: ‘Martir sa Golgota’ senakulo play

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 03:02 PM

The Manila Mobile Theater Foundation, also known as Tanghalang Sta. Ana, is staging a senakulo play this weekend.  Read more »

Pre-Holy Week visit

Manny Palmero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 07 04:46 PM

Catholic devotees look at sculptures depicting the Descent of the Holy Spirit scene at the Holy Land Subic Sanctuary and Biblical Theme Park in Subic, Pampanga as Lent fast approaches. Read more »

KILALANIN: Mga mananambal ng Siquijor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 06 04:07 AM

Tuwing kuwaresma, lalo na habang papalapit ang Semana Santa, abala ang mga mananambal o manggagamot ng Siquijor sa paghahanda ng kanilang mga gagamitin. Read more »

Food shorts: Summer eats, Lenten offerings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 01 04:52 PM

Check out some of the latest news and promos in the local food scene. Read more »