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Is there true Christianity in the Philippines?
THE Philippines is a nation full of kind, generous, resilient and long-suffering people who, for centuries, have been misled ...
Even in this time of distress, we feel the presence of the Lord.” While the Philippines is a largely Catholic country, Marawi, on the southern island of Mindanao, is 99.4 percent Muslim.
Filipinos on Homonhon Island in the central Philippines recently marked the anniversary of the arrival of the first Spanish expedition, which preluded the birth of Christianity in the country 496 ...
In the Philippines, my home country, fake news travels fast—not only through social media, but through word-of-mouth communication spread by “Marites,” a Tagalog word for a person who gossips.
Bombing kills at least four Christian worshippers in the Philippines, officials say Six of the wounded were fighting for their lives in a hospital, said Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. of the Islamic ...
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, center, talks beside Philippine Military Chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., right, as they hold a press conference in Quezon City, Philippines on, Sunday ...
In addition, the government of the Philippines has recently expelled or detained missionaries accused of participating in political activities. Patricia Fox, an Australian Catholic sister, was ...
MANILA, PhilippinesMANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president blamed “foreign terrorists” for a bomb blast that killed four people Sunday, wounded dozens of other Catholic worshippers in ...