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Article: Filipinos have different ways of observing Holy Week.(Main News)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- April 5, 2009
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Aside from churches, the place where one would probably see the most number of people during Holy Week is the beach.While the Catholic Church understands that families are looking at the holidays as an opportunity to take a vacation and bond, the faithful, however, are not excused from performing their religious obligations.“I think even if they are vacationing, they can still find time to go to church. But I think the people, like those who go to Boracay (a popular beach in Aklan), are already doing that because there is actually a big church there that the people also visit,” said Msgr. Pedro Quitorio, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines ...