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Photos: ‘Way of the Cross’

Many towns in the predominantly Catholic Philippines stage various versions of the "Passion and Death of Jesus" on Good Friday

Jire Carreon, Philippines

April 15, 2022

The youth ministry in the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Quezon City in the Philippine capital performs the traditional "Way of the Cross" on Good Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Jire Carreon)

Many towns in the predominantly Catholic Philippines stage various versions of the “Passion and Death of Jesus” on Good Friday.

They call it the “Senákulo,” a play which uses traditional scripts that are decades or centuries old.

LiCAS News photojournalist joined the “Via Crucis,” or “Station of the Cross,” that used a “Senakulo” script at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Quezon City in the Philippine capital on Good Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photos by Jire Carreon)

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