Good Friday

Pope Benedict XVI lies on the ground before the altar during a Good Friday ceremony inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on April 6, 2007.

Spain

Penitents of the El Cachorro brotherhood hold on to their hoods as rain and wind challenges their Holy Week procession in Seville, Spain, on April 6, 2007. Some Good Friday processions were called off due to the weather.

New York City

The 12th annual Way of the Cross, a traditional Catholic procession recalling the suffering and death of Jesus Christ, proceeds over the Brooklyn Bridge en route to downtown Manhattan on April 6, 2007. The event marks Good Friday and is organized by the Catholic lay movement in New York.

Germany

A Baroque sculpture depicting Jesus Christ praying at the Mount of Olives is displayed inside the Catholic parish church in Lohr am Main, Germany, after the Good Friday procession on April 6, 2007. Several thousand faithful took part in this 300-year-old Good Friday procession to commemorate the death of Christ.

Philippines

A Filipino Catholic devotee flagellates himself during a Good Friday ritual in the village of Cutud, north of Manila, on April 6, 2007. While frowned upon by the Roman Catholic Church, the annual ritual has become a huge tourist attraction and culminates with the reenactment of Jesus' crucifixion.

Melchor Montoya is nailed to the cross for the Good Friday ritual, as seen in Sta Lucua, Philippines, on April 6, 2007. While frowned upon by the Roman Catholic Church, the annual ritual has become a huge tourist attraction in this dusty farming village.

Poland

Actors present a traditional staging of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ for Good Friday in the small town of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Poland, on April 6, 2007.

Jerusalem

Orthodox Christian pilgrims hold crosses just outside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, during the Good Friday procession and the Way of the Cross, in Jerusalem's Old City on April 6, 2007.

Christian pilgrims carry crosses as they crowd the door of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, during the Good Friday procession and the Way of the Cross in Jerusalem's Old City on April 6, 2007.

Bolivia

Two men hang on crosses on a hill above La Paz, Bolivia, while reenacting the Passion of Christ on April 6, 2007. Bolivian Catholics joined Christians around the world in celebrating Holy Week and preparing for Easter Sunday.

Two members of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre watch over a statue of Jesus inside La Merced church in La Paz, Bolivia, on April 6, 2007. Bolivian Catholics joined Christians around the world in celebrating Holy Week and preparing for Easter Sunday.

Hungary

Boys of the Matyo minority, dressed in traditional clothing, pour buckets of water at girls in Mezoekoevesd, Hungary, on April 6, 2007, during a practice rehearsal performance of a typical Hungarian Easter tradition.

Italy

Candles and crosses are held at the foot of Rome's ancient Colosseum for the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession, celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI, on Good Friday, April 6, 2007.

People gather at the foot of Rome's ancient Colosseum for the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession, celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI, on Good Friday, April 6, 2007.

A view of the ancient Colosseum, during the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession, celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI on Good Friday, April 6, 2007. The evening Via Crucis procession at the ancient Colosseum amphitheater is a Roman tradition that draws a large crowd of faithful, including many of the pilgrims who flock to the Italian capital for Holy Week ceremonies before Easter Sunday.

Mexico

A young boy adjusts his crown of thorns as he carries a cross in the neighborhood of Iztapalapa in Mexico City on April 6, 2007. Every year hundreds of men and boys from this working-class neighborhood carry crosses up a nearby hill in one of Mexico's largest Holy Week celebrations.

Spain

A young boy attracts the attention of passers-by while waiting to participate in the La Carreteria brotherhood's Holy Week procession in Seville, Spain, on April 6, 2007.

Ecuador

Penitents of the Cucuruchos brotherhood talk before participating in a Holy Week procession in Quito, Ecuador, on April 6, 2007.