For more than 450 years, the Augustinian Order has played a foundational role in shaping the religious, cultural, and architectural landscape of the Philippines. Arriving with the first Spanish ...

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MANILA, Philippines — On Jan. 9 ... was brought to Manila from Mexico in 1606 by Spanish missionaries. Though the ship carrying it caught fire, the charred statue survived and was named the ...

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 ...

It is often buffeted by typhoons and other storms. The Philippines - a Spanish colony for more than three centuries, and named after a 16th Century Spanish king - was taken over by the US in the ...