Tag: Holy Week tradition

Do we need to scourge our backs until they bleed to show atonement for our sins?

During the Chrism Mass, priests gather as a sign of unity with the bishop and brotherhood among the clergy

The Seven Churches Visitation (or Pilgrimage) is credited as beginning in Rome with St. Philip Neri in the 1500s

“We are doubtful that these are real expressions of Christian faith,” read a 2015 statement of the Catholic bishops’ conference

A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus Christ, Mary, and all the saints

The “Pabása ng Pasyón,” literally the “Reading of the Passion,” is a Catholic devotion in the Philippines and is popular during the Holy Week

In 2013, Francis washed 12 young prisoners’ feet — those of two girls and 10 boys

Fasting was most difficult for 26 percent while 10 percent said almsgiving was difficult, and three percent said both abstinence and prayer

Holy Week observance in the Philippines is a display of piety and popular religiosity anchored in the people’s faith in God

Jesus “experienced abandonment in order not to leave us prey to despair, in order to stay at our side forever,” the pope said