WEEKEND FORECAST: Gusty Good Friday before a warm-up Easter SundayAside from isolated showers, the weekend is shaping up to be breezy and much warmer.
A Filipino villager is nailed to a cross for the 35th time on Good Friday to pray for world peaceA Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christโs suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition.
Swath of rain moves east, wind gets crankinโ Thursday, FridayWe're in for a gusty next few days with limited showers through Easter Sunday
Rain, rumbles of thunder target areas near, east of Roanoke Valley WednesdayA slow-moving front will gradually take rain chances east of our area
In Nicaragua, Holy Week celebrations limited by governmentRoman Catholics in Nicaragua have had to hold traditional โStations of the Crossโ and other Holy Week processions on church grounds or inside the churches amid a ban on public demonstrations.
Pope Francis skips Good Friday at Colosseum in chilly RomePope Francis, hospitalized recently with bronchitis, has skipped the traditional Good Friday nighttime procession at the Colosseum because of chilly weather in Rome.
Israeli police: American arrested for vandalizing churchIsraeli police have arrested an American tourist after he allegedly knocked down and broke a statue of Jesus in a church in Jerusalemโs Old City.
Christians mark Good Friday, Holy Week under virus woesFor a second year, Christians in the Holy Land are marking Good Friday without the mass pilgrimages usually seen in the Holy Week leading up to Easter because of the coronavirus.