INQUIRER.net traces the origins of the three oldest images of the child Jesus in the Philippines. Santo Niño de Cebu: 1521 It is believed that the Sto. Niño de Cebu was brought by Ferdinand ...

The annual festival began with the devotion to the image of the Baby Jesus found by the expedition of conquistador Miguel López de ... Santo Niño (Holy Child),” said Archbishop Jose Palma of ...

Thousands of devotees in Mandaue City waited by the sides of the route for this year’s Traslacion of the Santo Niño de Cebu. The Traslacion is the transfer of the Santo Niño along with the ...

One aspect of Cebuano culture has always been their veneration of the Santo Niño de Cebu. While many old devotees ... the most famous of the miraculous images of the Philippines.

Even those who could not attend physically, such as hospitalized patients and jail inmates, were granted some grace as images of Santo Niño and the Virgen de Guadalupe de Cebu circulated. The Señor ...

An estimated 1.4 million devotees joined the procession, according to the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRMO). Starting at 1:30 p.m., they walked from the Basilica Minore ...

Niño de Cebu or the Holy Child Jesus on Jan. 19. Young and old devotees carried with them images of the Sto ... Osmeña to the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño in downtown Cebu City at 4 a.m ...

CEBU, Philippines — Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma challenged thousands of devotees who attended the Pontifical Mass at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebu yesterday to reflect on their own ...