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Celebrating 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines Celebrating 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines A woman prays during Ash Wednesday Mass at the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Manila, Philippines, Feb. 26, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. As the pandemic roars on, church organizers continue with commemorations marking the 500th year of Christianity in the Philippines. (CNS photo/Eloisa Lopez, Reuters) By: Simone Orendain Date: April 7, 2021 As the pandemic roars on in the Philippines and the world, church organizers continue with commemorat...

MAASIN CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA)  --  The alter ego of Pope Francis in the country will be breaking bread and wine through the Eucharist among the faithful in the island-town of Limasawa, to repeat a historic scene that first happened 500 years ago on an Easter Sunday, March 31, 1521. Weather permitting and barring any other hitches, Archbishop Charles John Brown, the new papal ambassador in the country, is expected to grace the quincentennial  event, along with other visiting bishops and priests, according to Fr. Johnrey Sibi, head of the diocesan committee overseeing the church-based activitie...