Topic: Manila
A fake Roman Catholic priest has been excommunicated in the Philippines more than a year after he began celebrating masses at a Manila parish, the local church said Friday. Xavier Eubra de Borja began making the rounds of the parish in a ...
Religion News in BriefSeven members of Iran's Baha'i minority are on trial on charges of spying and acting against the country's national security, state media reported. According to state TV Web site, the charges against them also include cooperating with archenemy Israel, ...
MANILA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees thronged the streets of Manila on Saturday as a centuries old black statue of Jesus Christ, believed to have healing powers, was paraded through the old city. The wooden, life-sized Black Nazarene, carved ...
With eyes closed, Philippine flood survivor Enrico San Juan clutched at the feet of a statue of the crucified Christ, his forehead firmly pressed on its knees. After about a minute of silent prayer at a Roman Catholic church in Manila, San ...
Monument to Filipinos who gave refuge to Jews to open in IsraelMore than 1,000 Jews fleeing persecution in Nazi Germany found refuge in the faraway Philippines, thanks to the government's "open doors" policy that Israel plans to honor with a monument next ...
Philippine fireworks factory explosion kills 6, injures more than 40A powerful explosion destroyed a fireworks factory and a nearby electronics plant south of Manila on Thursday, killing at least six people and injuring more than 40, officials said. The cause of the ...
It is mid-morning and the muezzin's call at Manila's Blue Mosque in suburban Maharlika echoes across the run-down tenement blocks as men slowly walk towards its sky blue onion-shaped dome. Across the road, goats graze and women gather under trees, their heads ...
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Philippines Bus Hostages
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Philippines Massacre
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Hong Kong Philippines Bus Hostages
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