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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.
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 ...