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Merging Chinese culture with Filipino Catholicism

Merging Chinese culture with Filipino Catholicism

Text and photos by Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 07 03:36 PM

Rather than shunning traditional Chinese practices and risk alienating a significant sector of its community, a church in San Juan City incorporates age-old Chinese traditions into its Roman Catholic Holy Mass. The movement of inculturation in the Catholic faith is not a new concept, according to Jesuit Priest Fr. Aristotle Dy, citing existing practices of merging God's Gospel with particular cultures. Read more »

Celebrating Faith: 2019 Traslacion

Celebrating Faith: 2019 Traslacion

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 11 12:34 AM

Millions joined the 2019 Traslacion in Manila Wednesday to see the transfer of the Image of the Black Nazarene from Intramuros to its current home at the Basilica Minor of the Black Nazarene. Read more »

IN PHOTOS: Kapamilya stars come together for 'Family is Love: The 2018 Christmas Concert'

IN PHOTOS: Kapamilya stars come together for 'Family is Love: The 2018 Christmas Concert'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 15 01:52 PM

Once again, Kapamilya stars came together for an exciting night, filling the Smart Araneta Coliseum with a festive spirit. From dance showdowns and tributes to the great hits of OPM to “kilig”-worthy numbers from love teams and movie stars, these photos capture the goal of the concert: to spread holiday cheer and to remind everyone that ‘family is love.’ Read more »

UP Lantern Parade

UP Lantern Parade

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 04:02 AM

A message to end violence is carried by a float as it joins the annual UP Lantern Parade in Diliman on Friday. The annual parade not only highlights the creativity of different colleges of the university through various colorful floats and lanterns, but has become a means to express different political opinions by the community. Read more »

LOOK: Araneta Center's giant Christmas tree

LOOK: Araneta Center's giant Christmas tree

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 04:19 AM

A 100-foot Christmas tree was lit in the middle of the Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City on Friday to signify the official start of the Christmas season in the busy commercial center. Read more »

Hong Kong domestic helpers jump in deep end

Hong Kong domestic helpers jump in deep end

Ayaka MCGILL, Pictures by Vivek Prakash, AFP
Posted at Nov 12 04:05 PM

Bristish swimming enthusiast Simon Holliday's charity Splash offers free swimming lessons for marginalised communities in Hong Kong, including refugees and domestic helpers.  Read more »

Yolanda's path: Then and now

Yolanda's path: Then and now

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 07:04 PM

Five years ago, super typhoon Yolanda, the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines, made six landfalls and left a trail of destruction in its path. Read more »

In Sagada, a flaming remembrance for the dead

In Sagada, a flaming remembrance for the dead

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 03 12:56 PM

A hilltop cemetery here glowed as locals lit fires to remember their dead, keeping the "Panag-apoy" tradition alive despite rains from Typhoon Rosita (Yutu) days before. Read more »

IN PHOTOS: Echoing voices against tyranny

IN PHOTOS: Echoing voices against tyranny

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 03:23 AM

It was exactly 46 years ago when former President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law.  During the dictatorship, critics of the Marcos regime were either imprisoned, killed, or went missing.   Read more »

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