MANILA, Philippines (AP) — At least 1.8 million mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Thursday in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a centuries-old black statue of Jesus.

Among the known minor basilicas in the country are the Quiapo ... church was built after a dialogue between conquistador Juan de Salcedo with the town’s local tribes. “Its large church and old ...

WELL, CHANDI. THE SCENE IS FINALLY CLEAR HERE. AFTER AN ALMOST THREE HOUR LONG FIRE FIGHT. NOW, THE CALL FOR THIS FIRE CAME IN AT ABOUT 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON. IT QUICKLY BECAME A TWO ALARM FIRE.

After decades of prolific artistic creation, a master santero is celebrating a first. Los Lunas-based santero Nicolas Otero, a longtime carving and painting saint-maker whose works include church ...

Picture Tree Intl. has picked up the international sales rights for “Old White Man,” a satirical dramedy by Simon Verhoeven, director of box office hit “Welcome to Germany.” “Old White ...

Rohlke suddenly remembered she had shot a film at the house in 2013 and that the crew took lots of photos. She contacted the art department from the shoot to try to find the photos, and when ...

It’s the building that’s gone. We are the church, and we’re intact. Nobody was hurt in the fire, thank God.” Winnie Ballard Longtime member of the Union Community Church “No place is so dear to my ...

Picture Tree Intl. has acquired international ... “Prank” follows 12-year-old Lucas Roosen and his Chinese exchange student Xi Zhou (Max Zheng), whose seemingly innocent April Fool’s prank ...

Rockefeller, Jr., asked an iconoclastic preacher of the Social Gospel, Harry Emerson Fosdick, to lead the Baptist church ... old daughter insists on walking up to a bulletin board festooned with ...

These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why penguins have waddled into our hearts Text by Tracy Scott Forson Photographs selected by Jeff Campagna Many people think of ...