Every Holy Week, streets across the Philippines transform into open-air stages for one of the country’s most unique and ...

During Holy Week, many Filipino Catholics observe the Visita Iglesia, a sacred tradition of visiting seven churches to reflect on the Passion of Christ.

Whether you're seeking solace, stories, or simply awe-inspiring art, these churches in Negros Occidental offer a journey not ...

KALAYAAN, Philippines (AP) — Dozens of penitents whip their backs to atone for their sins during Good Friday rites in the the ...

Thirty-three Catholic churches and chapels in the province of La Union are all ready for the Visita Iglesia or the Catholic ...

It is that time of the year again when devotees seek to strengthen their faith by reliving the passion, death, and ...

“There are some beautiful ... with the Catholic Church and take up once more its coveted title of Mary’s Dowry and, as St. Edmund Campion put it, ‘the island of saints, and the most devoted ...

Vice President Sara Duterte is calling on the public to have faith and emulate Jesus Christ in order to "overcome darkness," ...

In the Philippines, the Catholic faithful commemorate this sacred week by praying, reflecting, by penitence, or by doing a panata. Among those practices is praying the Way of the Cross or Stations of ...

Millions of Filipinos around the world are Catholic, thanks to the Spanish colonizers who introduced the religion mainly as a ...

Divorce is illegal in the Philippines. Yes— illegal.