'Hombres de Musgo' or 'Moss Men' take part in the Corpus Christi procession on June 2, 2013 in Bejar, Salamanca province, Spain.

A detail of the hand of a 'Hombre de Musgo' in Bejar on June 2, 2013.

People make a 'cachiporra' (a traditional whip made of grass) during Corpus Christi celebrations in Zahara de la Sierra, southern Spain, on June 2, 2013.

Worshipers pray next to a house decorated with flowers and branches during the Corpus Christi procession in Zahara de la Sierra on June 2, 2013.

People scatter rose petals during the procession of Corpus Christi in Pamplona, northern Spain, on June 2, 2013.

A deacon wafts incense smoke during the procession of Corpus Christi in Pamplona on June 2, 2013.

Children wearing first communion dresses wait inside a church after taking part in a procession in Zahara de la Sierra on June 2, 2013.

Residents pour water over participants in the traditional Corpus Christi procession in Valencia on June 2, 2013.

A woman cleans the floor of her house decorated with flowers and branches as she waits for a Corpus Christi procession in Zahara de la Sierra on June 2, 2013.

'Hombres de Musgo' take part in the Corpus Christi procession in Bejar on June 2, 2013.

Women in traditional costumes chat under a dark sky after a Corpus Christi mass in Appenzell, Switzerland, on May 30, 2013.

Members of the minority Sorb community take part in a Corpus Christi procession in Crostwitz, Germany, on May 30, 2013.

Participants wearing traditional Bavarian folk costumes visit the local cemetery under drizzling rain after attending the annual Corpus Christi ('Fronleichnam' in German) mass at St. Michael's Church in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany, on May 30, 2013. The Seehausen Corpus Christi celebration usually includes a procession to a chapel across the nearby Staffelsee lake, though rain forced organizers to cancel the lake procession this year.

Girls and young women attend the Fronleichnam mass at St. Michael's Church in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany, on May 30, 2013 .

A woman leads a boy through the nearby cemetery during the annual Fronleichnam mass at St. Michael's Church in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany, on May 30, 2013.

Pope Francis waves to faithful as he arrives for his general audience at the Vatican on May 29, 2013.

Pope Francis holds his skull-cap as he leaves at the end of his audience, by which time the rain had ceased.

Ahmedi guards protecting an Ahmedi mosque in Lahore, Pakistan on April 30, 2013. Ahmedis are reviled by mainstream Muslims as heretics because they believe a prophet followed Mohammed, defying the basic tenet of Islam that says Mohammed is the last prophet.

Ahmedis praying in their mosque, which displays an Arabic sign saying 'In the name of god, people are praying', in Lahore on April 30, 2013.

A Shiite worshipper at a shrine in Jhang on May 1, 2013. Minority Shiites in Pakistan have little hope that the May 11 general elections will help them because they fear Sunni radicals, who have targeted Shiites, could gain political strength.

A Christian woman peering out from inside a church as angry Christians protest the beating of a young man from the Joseph Colony, a Christian neighborhood in Lahore, on April 30, 2013.

Barber Elias, 25, a Christian who was injured when he was beaten by radical Muslims, in the Joseph Colony in Lahore on April 30, 2013.

Christians protesting the beating of a young Christian belonging to the Joseph Colony, in Lahore on April 30, 2013.

A Christian repairing his home after it was attacked by radical Muslims, in the Joseph Colony in Lahore on April 30, 2013.

Homeless Hindus sleeping in a shrine cared for by Omparkarh Narian, 55, in Rawalpindi on May 4, 2013.

Pope Francis prays on the floor during a Papal Mass with the Celebration of the Lord's Passion inside St Peter's Basilica on March 29, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis is taking part in his first holy week as pontiff and will later today preside over the Way Of the Cross procession at the Colosseum in Rome.

Christian worshippers carry a cross towards the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, during the Good Friday procession in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, March 29, 2013. Less than 2 percent of the population of Israel and the Palestinian territories is Christian, mostly split between Catholicism and Orthodox streams of Christianity. Christians in the West Bank wanting to attend services in Jerusalem must obtain permission from Israeli authorities. Israel's Tourism Ministry said it expects some 150,000 visitors in Israel during Easter week and the Jewish festival of Passover, which coincide this year.

Members of the Italian community take part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Bensheim, southwest of Frankfurt March 29, 2013. Thousands of spectators watched the yearly Passion Play performed by about 100 laity actors. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter.

Polish catholic devotees re-enact out the "Way of the Cross" on Good Friday as part of Holy Week celebrations at the Kalwaria Wejherowska near Gdansk, northern Poland March 29, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter.

An elderly Pakistani Christian man, prays during a Mass on Good Friday in a church in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, March 29, 2013. Christians around the world are marking the Easter holy week.

Frank Simmonds, of the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, carries a cross on the Brooklyn Bridge during the 18th annual 'Way of the Cross Over the Brooklyn Bridge Ceremony' in New York March 29, 2013. The ceremony, hosted yearly on the Christian holy day of Good Friday, includes walking from St. James Cathedral, over the Brooklyn Bridge to St. Peter's Church, in Manhattan. The event attracts approximately 2,000 people each year.

Nuns take part in a Way of the Cross to celebrate Good Friday, in front of the Sacre-Coeur Basilica in Montmartre district, in Paris, on March 29, 2013.

Hooded penitents from the La Paz brotherhood walk to the church to take part in a procession in Seville, Spain, on March 24, 2013.

Women wearing traditional mantilla dresses smoke outside a church before taking part in the Brotherhood procession of "Los Estudiantes" (The Students) at the start of Holy Week in Oviedo, northern Spain, on March 24, 2013.

"Costaleros" from "La Estrella" brotherhood, wait their turn to carry over their backs the portable dais platform which supports a statue of Jesus Christ during a procession in Seville on March 24, 2013.

Penitents pass a man with a dog as they walk to a church before taking part in the procession of "La Paz" (Peace) brotherhood during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, March 24, 2013.

Film actor and director Antonio Banderas, second right, sings a song to the Virgin inside a church as he takes part as a penitent in the "Lagrimas and Favores" brotherhood in a Palm Sunday procession in Malaga on March 24, 2013.

A waiter tries to see from a window as the procession of "La Paz" brotherhood passes along a street in Seville on March 24, 2013.

Spanish legionnaires carry a statue of the Christ of the Mercy into church after the Palm Sunday procession of the "Estudiantes" brotherhood was suspended due to rain in Oviedo on March 24, 2013.

A crying woman is comforted by fellow penitents inside a church where they took shelter from the rain during the "Lagrimas y Favores" (Tears and Favors) brotherhood Palm Sunday procession in Malaga on March 24, 2013.

Penitents light their candles as they take part in the "Humildad" (Humility) brotherhood Palm Sunday procession in Malaga on March 24, 2013.

A Belarus Orthodox believer plunges into icy waters as a priest blesses him on the eve of the Epiphany holiday in Pilnitsa some 30 km outside Minsk, on Jan. 18. Thousands of believers jump into holes cut in ice, braving freezing temperatures, to mark Epiphany, when they take part in a baptism ceremony.

A man is moments before having an ice water bath during the celebrations of the Epiphany Orthodox holiday in Moscow Friday. Moscow's temperature dropped below minus 11 degrees Celsius.

People believe that dipping into blessed waters during the holiday of Epiphany strengthens their spirit and body.

An Egyptian flag is waved as thousands of Egyptian Copts attend a Mass in the Cave Cathedral, or St Sama'ans, in the Manshiet Nasser district of Cairo on Dec. 13, 2012, where they prayed for Egypt ahead of the disputed referendum on the new draft constitution slated for Saturday.

Egyptian Copts attend a Mass in the Cave Cathedral or St Sama'ans in Cairo on Dec. 13.

An Egyptian man prays as thousands of Egyptian Copts attend a Mass in the Cave Cathedral in Cairo on Dec. 13

Coptics participate in a mass at the Cave Cathedral or St . Sama'ans Church in the Moqattam area, Cairo, Egypt, on Nov. 8. Egypt's Christian minority, about 10 percent of the population of more than 80 million, has long complained of discrimination. But Christians fear things are reaching a crisis point since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak nearly two years ago and the subsequent rise to power of Islamists. The Church itself is undergoing a major transition: A new pope, Tawadros II, is to be enthroned in Cairo on Sunday, succeeding Shenouda III, the man who led the Church for 40 years and was revered by Copts as their protector until his death in March. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A Coptic woman shops for vegetables in the Moqattam area, Cairo, Egypt, on Nov. 11.

A Coptic pilgrim prays during a ceremony at Mar Girgis Monastery, near Luxor, Egypt.

A Coptic pilgrim holds a candle during a ceremony at Mar Girgis Monastery, near Luxor, Egypt, on Nov. 12.

A woman who believes she is possessed by the devil, reacts while waiting to be exorcised by Coptic priest father Makari, not pictured, during an evening mass in a church in Cairo, Egypt, on Nov. 9.

A young Coptic young girl pilgrim gets a tattoo during a ceremony at Mar Girgis Monastery, near Luxor, Egypt, on Nov. 13.

Coptics participate in a mass at the Cave Cathedral or St. Sama'ans Church in the Moqattam area, Cairo, Egypt.

A Coptic vendor waits for customers near Mar Girgis Monastery, near Luxor, Egypt, on Nov. 12.

Orthodox priests perform rituals during Patriarch Maxim's funeral service at Alexander Newskiy cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria on Nov 9, 2012.

Orthodox priests carry the coffin of the late Patriarch Maxim during a funeral service at the golden-domed Alexander Nevski cathedral in Sofia on November 9, 2012.

An Orthodox nun pays her respect at the casket of Patriarch Maxim during a memorial service at St. Nedelia church in Sofia on November 8, 2012.

A woman pays her respects in front of the coffin of the late Patriarch Maxim in St. Nedelia cathedral in Sofia on November 8, 2012.

Young boys wait anxiously to hear which one of them will be selected to choose the new pope of Egypt's ancient Coptic Christian church, in Cairo on Nov. 3, 2012.

A blindfolded boy draws the name of the next pope from a crystal chalice next to acting Coptic Pope Pachomios, center, during the papal election ceremony at the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo on Nov. 4, 2012.

Egyptian Copts crowded into the cathedral for the papal election ceremony on Nov. 4, 2012.

Acting Pope Pachomios, center, displays the name of 60-year-old Bishop Tawadros, soon to be Pope Tawadros II, while another clergyman displays the names of the remaining two candidates, Bishop Raphael and Father Raphael Ava Mina, during the papal election ceremony on Nov. 4, 2012.

Bishoy Gerges waves to the audience after he picked out the name of Bishop Tawadros from a glass urn on Nov. 4, 2012.

Bishop Tawadros, 60, soon to be Pope Tawadros II, greets well-wishers, not shown, after being named the 118th Coptic Pope on Nov. 4, 2012.