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WORD ALIVE Fr. Bel San Luis This Sunday, the immensely popular feast of the Sto. Niño in the Philippines, is celebrated. Rich and poor, young and old alike maintain a strong, if not fanatical, devotion to the Holy Child. Colorful fiestas and processions are held in his honor. * * * In the gospel,...

Every year, there are many feasts and festivals that show religious fervor in the Philippines, and it starts with the most celebrated one – the feast of the Black Nazarene on Jan. 9. It is a feast that attracts such a large number of devotees that its activities stop traffic and work in many...

Devotees of the Black Nazarene will join the Walk of Faith that will take the place of the Traslacion which will start after the midnight mass on Jan. 8. For the third year, there will be no Traslacion or the procession that commemorates the transfer of the Black Nazarene statue from the Quirino...

President Duterte has offered sympathies following the tragic military plane crash in Sulu that left more than 50 people dead. President Rodrigo Dutete lays the Order of Lapu-Lapu with the Rank of Kalasag medal on top of the coffin of a soldier who died in the C130 plane mishap, during his visit at...

Marge Organo’s solo exhibition centers on her devotion to tinted glass and the Infant Jesus Marge Organo’s ‘Sto. Niño I’ and ‘Sto. Niño VII’ Filipinos’ devotion to the Sto. Niño goes deep into the history of Catholicism in the Philippines. In fact, it is among the earliest...