Dozens of penitents whip their backs to atone for their sins during Good Friday rites in the the southern Philippine town of ...

Thousands of devotees flock to the Divine Mercy Shrine every Holy Week to pray and seek solemnity in the nine-hectare complex ...

Barefoot men and women clad in maroon shirts -- the colour of the robe that covers the black, wooden Jesus of Nazarene ... The life-sized wooden statue was brought to the Philippines in the ...

In early 2025, a viral video showed a giant statue of Jesus Christ being constructed outside the White House. Many posts stated the video was 200 feet tall and was erected by U.S. President Donald ...

Every Holy Week, streets across the Philippines transform into open-air stages for one of the country’s most unique and ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Some 1.8 million mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Thursday in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a centuries-old black statue of Jesus.

As Holy Week begins, Filipinos are preparing to observe traditional practices such as Visita Iglesia, where devotees visit ...

MANILA, Philippines — The San Guillermo Parish in Bacolor, Pampanga, better known as the setting of hit show "May Bukas Pa" that was half-buried by lahar at the onslaught of the 1991 Mount Pinatubo ...

Eight years ago a statue of the Virgin Mary was sunk off the coast of Bohol in the Philippines to try to stop dynamite fishing because it was destroying precious marine life. Now the "Sea Knights ...