A tourist asked to be whipped by a local wearing a Roman soldier costume as part of an Easter tradition ... Philippines. The holidaymaker visited Marinduque province to witness the annual Holy ...

The 56th Annual Barrio Fiesta will take place May 23–24 at the Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center in Kahului, offering ...

Hong Kong’s Card Stephen Chow said that the pope told him that he “visited China several times and got to know the Chinese ...

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

In my years at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, I have attended several necrological state tributes for departed ...

Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle will be among those assisting in preparations for the upcoming papal conclave, scheduled on May 7, which will elect the next pope.

MANILA, Philippines — Pope Francis chose not to ... the most recent of which was at the start of Holy Week on April 12, 2025, days before his death on April 21 on Easter Monday.

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

Although they come from 70 different countries, the 133 cardinal electors seem fundamentally united in insisting that they need to find a pope who can be both a pastor and a teacher, a bridge who can ...

IN an eerily sequence, death has befallen to the families of well-known celebrities. Gloria Romero (January 12), Margarita Fores (February 11), Pilita Corrales (April 12), Nora Aunor (April 16). All ...

Leo’s ascent occurred with remarkable speed. Just over two years ago, he’d been one of the church’s 5,400 bishops — a role ...