Men carry a statue of Santo Nino de Cebu, who is depicted as the Infant Child Jesus, during a special Mass honoring the popular Filipino devotion to the Child Jesus at Mary Queen Catholic Church in ...

Coming in from the December commemoration of his birth, the Feast of and the Sinulog Fiesta for Santo Niño are both celebrated on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City. By 1980, Sinulog, the fiesta ...

A Philippine archbishop has warned organizers of the upcoming Santo Niño festival not to receive funds from entities associated with the gambling industry. In a public statement, Archbishop Alberto Uy ...

The annual festival began with the devotion to the image of the Baby Jesus found by the expedition of conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi in 1565. For Archbishop Jose Palma, it is a “true source of ...

MANILA, Philippines — In time with the feast of Santo Niño, Araneta City opens the “Ang Batang Hesus” exhibit in Ali Mall from January 4 to 18. The exhibit features more than 70 images of the child ...

Thousands of Catholics in the Philippines joined the Santo Niño procession in honor of the Child Jesus on Jan. 5. The “Walk with Jesus” procession in the Visayas region in the central Philippines ...

DEMING – Santa Ana Catholic Church is honored to host the fourth annual Santa Niño Family Fall Festival on Friday and Saturday in Deming, NM. The event will take place at Viramontes Park (aka Milo ...

Philippine cities celebrated the Feast of the Santo Niño (Holy Child Jesus) on Sunday, January 19, 2025. In Las Piñas City, various sizes of the Santo Niño statues were paraded and blessed by a priest ...

CEBU CITY — A sea of candles brightened a portion of Osmeña Boulevard here as at least 200,000 devotees joined the foot procession before the crack of dawn on Thursday that signaled the start of an 11 ...

MANILA (PIA) — Tens of thousands of Catholic devotees filled the streets of Tondo and Pandacan on Sunday, dancing and clutching statues of the Child Jesus to celebrate the Feast of Santo Niño, one of ...

BUTUAN CITY—Miles away from the grand festivities of the Sinulog Festival in Cebu, Butuan City hosts its own unique celebration of the Santo Niño or the Child Jesus, dubbed Kahimunan Festival. A ...

ILOILO CITY (PIA) — Devotees and religious groups have gathered to honor Señor Santo Niño through the solemn fluvial and foot processions that reaffirm the Ilonggos’ deep devotion through prayer and ...