For more than 450 years, the Augustinian Order has played a foundational role in shaping the religious, cultural, and ...

May 15, 1769: Portola, the Rev. Junipero Serra, 11 soldiers, five muleteers and 12 Christian Indians set out with 200 cattle ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, a native of the Philippines, is known for his progressive stances, emphasis on social justice ...

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papal history with tribute book from USA TODAY Catholicism is the dominant religious denomination in the Philippines, which was colonized by Spanish missionaries in the 1500s and remained under ...

According to Andrade, this perception of Japan was widespread among the Spanish in the Philippines in the 1590s, because missionaries had brought back word of secret Japanese plans to seize Taiwan.