Filipino Catholics on Long Island and in New York City are gearing up for their 35th annual celebration of one of the most important religious observances in their homeland — the Feast of Santo ...

These skilled artisans believe every devotee should have a replica of the image of the Santo Niño that they can proudly bring to the Fiesta Señor CEBU, Philippines – For more than a dozen ...

The Festival of Santo Nino de Cebu -- rooted in the deep faith of the Filipino people and originating in the Philippines' Cebu province -- finds special Masses, dances and processions taking place ...

The Santo Niño, the religious foundation for the Sinulog festivities, was presented as a baptismal gift by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan to Queen Juana of Cebu in 1521. More than 450 ...

Mayor-elect Nestor Archival Sr. has confirmed that the 2026 Sinulog Festival will remain at the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC ...

On January 19, 2025, in Cebu, Philippines, @montemarianne shared a lively video of a Santo Niño fiesta celebration taking place on a boat. The festive atmosphere unfolds as people are seen ...

CEBU, Philippines — Images of the Santo Niño have, through the years, evolved in many ways. This year’s Sinulog saw some images dressed in police uniform and even in fabrics bearing famous ...

The annual festival began with the devotion to the image of the Baby Jesus found by the expedition of conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi in 1565. For Archbishop Jose Palma, it is a “true ...

Coming in from the December commemoration of his birth, the Feast of and the Sinulog Fiesta for Santo Niño are both celebrated on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City. By 1980, Sinulog ...

Fr. Eusebio Berdon, OSA, fondly recalls the man now known as Pope Leo XIV — Robert Francis Prevost — simply as “Bob.” He says Prevost would always take his hand ...

WHEN he was still an Augustinian priest, the man who would become Pope Leo XIV visited Cebu and blessed the Augustinian Friary in Mohon, Talisay City in 2004.Fr ...