Spanish missionary Fr. Bernardo Blanco, who was abducted in 1993 on the southern Philippine island of Basilan, died Monday in ...

MANILA — Philippine priests accused of sex abuse remain in ... the most populous in Asia due to the lasting legacy of Spanish colonisation for three centuries. Barrett Doyle also urged the ...

He claimed the islands of the Philippines as a Spanish colony. Missionary priests came to spread the Catholic faith. Many churches were built throughout the country. Four of them were inscribed as ...