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The devotion of Filipinos, especially people from the central province of Cebu, to the Child Jesus has deep historical roots

“Let us not be afraid even if we are branded, or red-tagged," said Father Buenafe, adding that the call of the Gospel is very clear

In its World Report 2023, HRW said the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has not ended the government’s “war on drugs”

The image of the Christ Child is widely venerated as miraculous by Filipino Catholics

Human rights groups maintained that the case was “aimed at disrupting our work … in helping victims (of rights violations) seek justice"

Father Jun Sescon, Quiapo church rector, invited the devotees to “conversion” and into a “deeper relationship with Jesus”

From endless consumerism to “nonstop media controversies” ... everything “seems to tell us: ‘Don’t overthink things. Let go and enjoy life.”

His voluntary abdication of power "was arguably the single most humble act by a pope in centuries, if not of all time”

Benedict's death "ends a misunderstanding, a situation of ambiguity, in which Ratzinger could be used as a standard by Francis's opponents"

Simple rituals of prayer, holy water, incense, and silent goodbyes began in darkness inside the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery