7 Cebu churches for Visita Iglesia. Mar 27, 2024 12:46 PM PHT. John Sitchon. ... CEBU, Philippines – The last week of the Lenten season is a time of meditation and sacrifice.

Cebu City on Cebu Island is one of the Philippines’ most important and oldest cities. ... The area contains some of the oldest churches, important battles, and the best food in the region.

MANILA— Here is the list of Jubilee Pilgrim Churches in the Philippines, released by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines on Nov. 4, in celebration of Jubilee 2025: 1. Diocese ...

CEBU, Philippines — The Archdiocese of Cebu will check other churches in Cebu that, like the Boljoon town church, may have lost valuable items, too, as it asked antique collectors in possession ...

An accusation of unpunished sex abuse in Catholic churches in the Philippines was the latest sign that the Church’s global abuse scandal is still ricocheting, this time in Asia, a region that ...

Note that churches in Metro Manila are not included on this list as they have already been featured in this article. Read: 8 historical Manila churches na maaaring puntahan para sa Visita Iglesia.

Their influence in policymaking plus the firm opposition of the Catholic Church hierarchy explains why the Philippines is the only country in the world without a divorce law.

The Philippines boasts of being the only Christian nation in Asia. Filipino Catholics make up 80 percent of the population while evangelicals make up another 3 percent.

Colonial buildings in Cebu, Manila and beyond. War and natural disasters razed much of what Spanish colonisers built in the Philippines. But impressive churches, ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos will find a familiar friend in the newly elected Pope Leo XIV. Before he was elevated to the Chair of Saint Peter, Cardinal Robert Prevost, OSA, had walked ...

He was trained by the IS [Islamic State] and trains others in the Philippines,” Justice Secretary Jose Crispin Remulla told reporters on Dec. 15. Remulla wasn’t sure though if the bombs were planted ...