Re-enactment of crucifixion in the Philippines


epa04170832 Filipino penitent Precy Valencia, 43, is nailed to a cross for the tenth time during the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the town of Paombong, Bulacan province, north of Manila, Philippines, 18 April 2014. The Catholic Church disapproves of the gory rituals and warns that such fanatical expression of faith could actually take away from the real meaning of Lent. EPA/RITCHIE B. TONGO