Easter

  • Fillipinos crucify themselves in honor of Easter, toursits come to watch

    April 5, 2012
    While many Christians around the world prepare the celebrating the Easter holiday with a visit from the Easter bunny, chocolate, fish on Good Friday and church, devout Catholics in the Philippines prepare to embark on their own unique tradition of nailing themselves to a cross for the weekend. All...

  • Pope begins Easter with 250kg chocolate egg

    April 5, 2012
    A giant 2 meter tall chocolate egg was given to Pope Benedict XVI to celebrate the beginning of Easter today. The gift came from Italian chocolate maker Tosca, who apparently thought that no less than a quarter tonne of chocolate would be sufficient for the occasion. The pope thought...