Tag: Christmas
Happy Easter as Maligayang Pasko!
I hope to see the time when we can stop saying “Maligayang Pasko” for Christmas and start saying it in its proper sense of “Happy Easter”
Widodo greets Indonesia’s Christians with call for stronger ties, environmental protection
Father Suparto said the president’s visit “is history … because it is only Jokowi who has ever come as president to enter our church”
Pope Francis: The manger ‘is the throne of our King’
In his message, Pope Francis emphasized the love with which Jesus came into the world, lived, suffered, and died
Christmas reborn in Bethlehem after pandemic years
Revered in Christian tradition as the birthplace of Christ, the town of Bethlehem welcomes thousands of pilgrims and tourists for Christmas
First known Nativity scene figurines are on display in Rome
An art historian said that five of the marble statues in the Nativity scene today are completely original to the 13th century
Update: Death toll due to torrential rains, floods rises to 13
The flooding dampened Christmas celebrations on the mainly Catholic nation's most important holiday
Remembering the first Christmas in space: Here’s how it happened
While orbiting the moon, they shared a Christian message with an enraptured audience of hundreds of millions
Updated: Philippines floods force tens of thousands to flee homes
The southern Philippines has been hit with bad weather as the disaster-prone nation of 110 million people began a long Christmas holiday
Marcos calls for ‘unity’ in Christmas message to Filipinos
"Let us partake in this holiday with the same simplicity, sense, and meaning that we get from it,” said Marcos
Photos: Christmas is family in the Philippines
In the Philippines, where over 80 percent of the population is Catholic, people spend Christmas Day with the family