Catholic, 64, nailed to cross in Good Friday 'crucifixion' as vow to God after 'miracle' Ruben Enaje, 64, is seen alongside two other devotees nailed to wooden crosses in front of huge crowds in ...

The Catholic Roman Missal book says, according to the Seminary, "In the Dioceses of the United States, the practice of covering crosses and images throughout the church from [the fifth] Sunday [of ...

Actors dressed as Roman soldiers hammered Mr Enaje’s palms with 5cm nails. Ropes and fabric supported their bodies as they were raised on wooden crosses. “The first five seconds were very painful.

The Catholic News Agency earlier this year reported a slight increase in the number of Catholics globally, with the population growing to 1.406 billion in 2023 from 1.39 billion in 2022.

Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate backgrounds and faiths, has died at 88, the Vatican has ...

Pope Miltiades is believed to have been born in Africa. During his reign, Christianity gained increasing acceptance from successive Roman emperors, eventually becoming the Empire's official religion.

Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the Church to this day. Their papacies were in the era of the Roman Empire ...