MANILA, Philippines (AP) — At least 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.

A devotee with an ash cross on her forehead prays during Ash Wednesday rites March 5, 2025 at the Redemptorist Church in Manila, Philippines ...

Aswangs are a traditional creature in Filipino folklore, but these monsters are complex and diverse shape-shifters, making them somewhat difficult to define. There are many common traits that aswangs ...

Census 2021 shows that Catholicism is the majority religion for Filipino-Australians with 76.3%, followed by Christianity with 6%, Protestantantism 3.2%, no religion with 2.8%, and other religions.

The arrest of the former president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte, accused of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court, exposed ...