A Filipino flagellant crawls along a street on Maundy Thursday, in San Fernando city, Pampanga Province, north of Manila, Philippines, 24 March 2016. Many Filipino Catholic penitents mark the Holy Week by submitting to different forms of physical penance in the hopes of being forgiven for their sins. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA)





Filipino flagellants whip their back along a street on Maundy Thursday in the town of Paombong, Bulacan province, Philippines, March 24, 2016. On Good Friday, the village of Kapitangan will hold its annual reenactment of the crucifixion with a woman penitent being crucified. Many Filipino Catholic penitents mark the Holy Week by submitting to different forms of physical penance in the hopes of being forgiven for their sins. (Photo by EPA/Stringer)





A flagellant whips his back during Maundy Thursday Lenten rites in Mandaluyong city, metro Manila March 24, 2016. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)





A penitent kisses a statue of Jesus Christ as he takes part in a Good Friday ritual in Pasay city, metro Manila, Philippines March 25, 2016. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Reuters)





Flagellants pray in front of religious images during Maundy Thursday Lenten rites in Mandaluyong city, metro Manila March 24, 2016. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)





A flagellant whips his back while others kneel to pray during Maundy Thursday Lenten rites in Mandaluyong city, metro Manila March 24, 2016. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)





A masked Filipino penitent lies face down on a road while praying after performing self-flagellation, a form of bodily penance to atone for their sins, on Maundy Thursday in Mandaluyong city, metro Manila March 24, 2016. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)





Ruben Enaje is hoisted by volunteers after he was nailed to a wooden cross during a reenactment during Good Friday rituals on Friday, March 25, 2016 at Cutud, Pampanga province, northern Philippines. Several Filipino devotees had themselves nailed to crosses Friday to remember Jesus Christ's suffering and death, an annual rite frowned upon by church leaders in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. (Photo by Linus Escandor II/AP Photo)





Willy Salvador, 59, is nailed to a cross as part of his penitence during a reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ for Good Friday celebrations ahead of Easter in the village of San Juan, Pampanga, north of Manila on March 25, 2016. Christian devotees were nailed to crosses in the Philippines on March 25 as Asia's Catholic heartland marked Easter with an extreme display of faith. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





Ruben Enaje is hoisted by volunteers after he was nailed to a wooden cross during a reenactment during Good Friday rituals on Friday, March 25, 2016 at Cutud, Pampanga province, northern Philippines. (Photo by Linus Escandor II/AP Photo)





Ruben Enaje is untied and lowered down by a volunteer dressed as a Centurion after he was nailed to a wooden cross during a reenactment during Good Friday rituals on Friday, March 25, 2016 at Cutud, Pampanga province, northern Philippines. (Photo by Linus Escandor II/AP Photo)





Filipino penitents are nailed to wooden crosses during a reenactment during Good Friday rituals on Friday, March 25, 2016 at Cutud, Pampanga province, northern Philippines. (Photo by Linus Escandor II/AP Photo)





Lebanese Christians reenact the crucifixion of Jesus during Holy Friday in the Christian village of Qraiye, east of Sidon, on March 25, 2016. (Photo by Patrick Baz/AFP Photo)





Local men reenact the crucification of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Qraiyeh, southern Lebanon, 25 March 2016. On Good Friday, Christians commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. (Photo by Nabil Mounzer/EPA)