The statue of the Santo Niño is safely returned to Cebu City in the Philippines on April 3, 1945. Father McHugh of Ireland (l) and Augustinian Father Moran of Spain, hid the statue in the hills ...

“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 ...

Other celebrations occur throughout January. Before a Mass at the parish, the faithful placed dozens of images and statues of the Santo Nino de Cebu on the steps of the altar. Jesus is depicted as ...

The new church was built on the very same place where the Santo Niño statue (referring to the Holy Child, Jesus) was found by the Spanish in a wooden box within a building that had been burned to ...

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was said to have given a statue of the Santo Niño as a gift to the king and queen of Cebú after he landed in the Philippines in 1521 as a representative of ...

His favored domain isn’t public but private: as refrigerator magnets and small statues kept at home, on prayer cards stuffed inside wallets or glove compartments. Often the Santo Niño’s most ...

The festive atmosphere unfolds as people are seen joyfully dancing while holding a Santo Niño statue. During the celebration, one dancer accidentally trips and leans on another, causing a moment ...

It honours Santo Nino de Cebu, a statue of the Child Jesus that is believed to have miraculous powers. It is one of the most important festivals in the Philippines and is attended by thousands of ...

Lim brought a life-sized Santo Niño statue with her to be blessed at the Tondo church on Sunday. She inherited the statue from her mom. Asked what she is praying for this year, Lim said in a mix ...

The account of a miraculous healing of King Humabon’s adviser before this statue of the Santo Niño and subsequent accounts of miraculous healings and answered prayers by the Santo Niño ...

"I talk to him, I tell him everything," says Luiza Reyes, owner of a statue of a sleeping "Santo Nino" (holy child). The 73-year-old retired teacher was one of millions of Catholics countrywide who ...

Its survival led many to believe that the statue had miracle powers, and, today, it’s stored in a basilica in Cebú. Susan Guerrero, 61, of Farmingville, co-chairwoman of the Santo Niño Prayer ...