SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines — Several Roman Catholic devotees were nailed to wooden crosses in a gory Good Friday ritual in the Philippines, and others flogged themselves or took part in religious plays to reenact Jesus Christ's suffering. Four men and a woman, some wearing crowns of twigs, were escorted...
Is a Cross OK on Public Land? Supreme Court Will Decide.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sounds as though it will allow a 40-foot cross-shaped war memorial to remain on public land in Maryland, but shy away from a sweeping ruling. The justices are hearing arguments Wednesday in a closely watched case about the place of religious symbols in public life....
High Court Deciding Fate of Cross-Shaped Maryland Memorial
BLADENSBURG, Md. — Steven C. Lowe says he has always thought that a 40-foot-tall concrete cross that stands on a large, grassy highway median near his home was odd. For years, he says, he didn't know that the cross in Bladensburg, Maryland, is a war memorial. A plaque on the...