Ruben Enaje, a Filipino carpenter and billboard maker, announced on Friday that he would retire from playing Jesus in a famous ceremony in Pampanga, the Philippines, after being crucified for the 37th time.
San Pedro Cutud, a neighborhood of Pampanga, has become internationally known for staging live crucifixions annually to mark Good Friday, the Christian holiday that solemnly observes the day Jesus Christ was crucified. Good Friday occurs three days before Easter, the holiest holiday on the Christian calendar, which marks Jesus’s return to life and triumph over death.
While the Catholic Church has repeatedly discouraged self-harm on Good…
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