San Fernando, Philippines, April 19, 2025 (AFP) - Bloody Philippine passion play sees final performance of veteran 'Jesus'

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Scores of penitents whipped themselves bloody under a scorching Philippine sun while others were nailed to crosses in a polarising Good Friday tradition drawing the most extreme of Catholic devotees. The macabre spectacle, officially frowned on by the Church, attracts thousands of Filipinos -- and a smattering of tourists -- each Easter weekend to sites across Asia's only majority Catholic nation. In Pampanga province, two hours north of Manila,......

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