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,” a dramatic ...

MANILA, Philippines — As Holy Week started on Sunday, April 13, the streets of Pampanga, a province in Central Luzon, is again teeming with its rich traditions, which residents have kept alive ...

Photo by: Bernadette Berboso “As a Filipino who left the Philippines 30 years ago, I found myself practicing the Holy Week traditions more than when I was in the Philippines. I have become more aware ...

MANILA, Philippines — Devotees practice Holy Week traditions inside the San Bartolome Parish in Concepcion, Tarlac. The Tarlac municipality is the same town where Fr. Severino Mallari ...

Every Holy Week in the Philippines, many Catholics observe traditions and rituals to mark the Lord's sacrifice on the cross. Among them is the visita iglesia, a pious practice of visiting at least ...

THE representative of Pope Francis in the Philippines on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, encouraged all Filipino Catholics to ...

Our fiestas, today a celebration of Catholic spirits, are rooted in the old pagan traditions ... Family dynamics and Philippine politics So, during this Holy Week, we see this “transpersonal ...

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. urged motorists to keep their cool amid the yearly Holy Week exodus from the cities ...