Posted AT 5:14 AM EDT on 21/03/08
Philippine devotees nailed to the cross in Good Friday rites
SAN FERNANDO, PHILIPPINES — Philippine devotees re-enacted Jesus Christ's suffering Friday by having themselves nailed to crosses in rites frowned upon by church leaders in Asia's largest predominantly Roman Catholic nation.
Fernando Mamangon, 37, was among the first of some 30 men scheduled to go through the Good Friday rites in three villages in northern Pampanga province's San Fernando city.
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