An international Mass was held at Sagrada Familia, a famous church in Barcelona, Spain, over the weekend to celebrate the Sinulog Festival in honor of the Sto. Niño de Cebu. According to the ...

As the pope himself noted, there is always the danger of reducing popular piety to external rituals and superstition ...

Niño as church deacons bless them following a Mass at the Archdiocesan Shrine of Sto. Niño De Tondo Parish during the feast of Sto. Niño on Sunday, January 19, 2025.

To symbolically open the Lenten season and end the annual fiesta celebration of the Sto. Niño, a “Hubo” mass was conducted on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, at the Basi ...

City Councilor Joel Garganera, who oversees security for this year's Sinulog, noted that the procession set a record in terms of duration. The image of Sto. Niño was out at 1 p.m. and returned to ...

has the theme “Sto. Niño: Hope of the Pilgrim Church.” Cebuanos combine the liturgical feast with the secular Sinulog, also held on Jan. 19. The revelry carries the same theme but with diverse ...

Impressed by the upgrades, some locals exclaimed that the esplanade now gives “Europe feels” – with a bit of resemblance to Italy’s Venice and Switzerland’s Lucerne.

JAMESON: I stopped going to church when I was in college. It wasn’t an immediate decision, but rather something that built up over time. I got tired of seeing ...

In 1965, Pope St. Paul VI decreed the canonical crowning of the Sto. Niño as part of the culmination of the 400th year of Philippine Christianization. At the same time, the Church of Sto ... Thus, the ...

WITH dazzling colors, attractive displays and vibrant scenes, Cebu City once again celebrated its annual Sinulog festival ... platform — celebrated with the Cebuanos in honoring the Sto. Nino (the ...

“They all come here to dance and venerate the Sto. Niño,” said Elmer Labella, executive director of the Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI). Sinulog, which has been celebrated for 45 ...