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 ...

“Viva Pit Senyor — Long Live the Christ Child!” People chanted, dancing and waving their statues of the Santo Niño, the “Divine Infant Jesus.” A solemn Mass, held Sunday, Jan. 21 at the ...

Some 3.2 million people attended the start of this year's celebration of the feast of the Santo Nino or Child Jesus in Cebu City in the central Philippines. Archbishop Jose Palma of Cebu said the ...

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.

The West Vancouver fashion expert prayed fervently to the Santo Niño (Holy Child ... Meanwhile, Newland will direct a Vancouver fundraising gala for the construction of the shrine at the ...