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How do Canadians celebrate Easter?

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Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2023 12:00:09 +0000

April 7 – April 10 marks this year’s Easter weekend in Canada, including Good Friday and Easter Monday. Easter is a holiday celebrated by people of the Christian faith around the world, commemorating the belief in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In Canada, 19.3 million Canadians reported a Christian religion according to the […]

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Pope leads Good Friday procession highlighting modern-day slaves’ plight

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 22:23:46 +0000

Pope Francis delivers his blessing to worshipers during the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession at the ancient Colosseum (Colosseo, Colisee) on Good Friday, on April 19, 2019 in Rome. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)

Pope Francis on Friday led the traditional Easter week “Way of the Cross” procession in Rome, which was this year took the theme of modern-day slavery and human trafficking, including the prostitutes who ply their trade on Italy’s streets.

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Bishop David asks Filipino voters: Will you vote for Jesus or for Barabbas?

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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 13:08:08 +0000

Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David asked Filipinos who will vote in the May polls: Will your vote be for Jesus or for Barabbas?

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Bishop David asks Filipino voters: Will your vote for Jesus or for Barabbas?

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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 13:08:08 +0000

Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David asked Filipinos who will vote in the May polls: Will your vote be for Jesus or for Barabbas?

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Magnitude 5 quake hits Davao Occidental town

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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 09:30:11 +0000

Magnitude 5 quake hits Davao Occidental town

DAVAO CITY — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit the town of Sarangani in Davao Occidental this afternoon of Good Friday about the same time that Catholics were commemorating the Passion of Jesus Christ in churches across the country. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivols) reported that the tremor, which was tectonic in origin, […]

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Christian pilgrims march through Jerusalem for Good Friday

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 09:13:45 +0000

Christian pilgrims march through Jerusalem for Good Friday

JERUSALEM – Thousands of Christian pilgrims and clergy members are marching through the ancient alleyways of Jerusalem’s Old City, retracing Jesus’ path to crucifixion in observation of Good Friday.

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