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https://ca.yahoo.com/news/filipinos-nail...35908.html
This is about a Filipino, 62 y old, Ruben Enaje, who wants to get nailed to a cross. Apparently, life is very hard in the Philippines. Because of COVID-19, it is difficult to get work.
He mentions that life is hard for the ukrainians, he mentions that bc of that war, gas and food prices are up.
In total, there were a dozen people who wanted to get nailed but 8 showed up.
Robert Reyes says that these christians should be educated so that they won’t nail themselves and do other things.
“Robert Reyes, a prominent Catholic priest and human rights activist in the country, said the bloody rites reflect the church’s failure to fully educate many Filipinos on Christian tenets, leaving them on their own to explore personal ways of seeking divine help for all sorts of maladies.”
In 1985, Ruben Enaje fell from a 3 story building for some reason. He survived so he considers that a miracle. To say thanks to his god, he decided to get nailed.
Also, since his loved ones got better once in a while, he wanted to thank hos god for that too.
It helps the local economy.
“The decadeslong crucifixion tradition, meanwhile, has put impoverished San Pedro Cutud — one of the more than 500 villages in rice-growing Pampanga province — on the map.
Organizers said more than 15,000 foreign and Filipino tourists and devotees gathered for the cross nailings in Cutud and 2 other nearby villages. There was a festive air as villagers peddled bottled water, hats, food and religious items, and police and marshals kept order.”
https://ca.yahoo.com/news/filipinos-nail...35908.html
This is about a Filipino, 62 y old, Ruben Enaje, who wants to get nailed to a cross. Apparently, life is very hard in the Philippines. Because of COVID-19, it is difficult to get work.
He mentions that life is hard for the ukrainians, he mentions that bc of that war, gas and food prices are up.
In total, there were a dozen people who wanted to get nailed but 8 showed up.
Robert Reyes says that these christians should be educated so that they won’t nail themselves and do other things.
“Robert Reyes, a prominent Catholic priest and human rights activist in the country, said the bloody rites reflect the church’s failure to fully educate many Filipinos on Christian tenets, leaving them on their own to explore personal ways of seeking divine help for all sorts of maladies.”
In 1985, Ruben Enaje fell from a 3 story building for some reason. He survived so he considers that a miracle. To say thanks to his god, he decided to get nailed.
Also, since his loved ones got better once in a while, he wanted to thank hos god for that too.
It helps the local economy.
“The decadeslong crucifixion tradition, meanwhile, has put impoverished San Pedro Cutud — one of the more than 500 villages in rice-growing Pampanga province — on the map.
Organizers said more than 15,000 foreign and Filipino tourists and devotees gathered for the cross nailings in Cutud and 2 other nearby villages. There was a festive air as villagers peddled bottled water, hats, food and religious items, and police and marshals kept order.”
