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10 Gorgeous Chapels to Book for A Picture-Perfect Wedding

In most cases, newly-engaged couples in the process of planning their wedding find it best to decide on a venue immediately. Every other wedding detail should, naturally, fall into place right after. If you're looking for a unique chapel for that one special day, outside of Metro Manila, we list down the most stunning, heck, even out-of-the-box, options we've seen across our archipelago.

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Published at 2023-06-30 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, People, Religion

Tags: Baguio, Church, Ilocos, marriage

Bill Aims to Find and Preserve Marawi’s Lost Cultural Artifacts

COTABATO CITY, Maguindanao del Norte, Philippines — Inside a glass case displayed at the Bangsamoro Museum here, copies of the Holy Qur’an, some of its pages torn and mangled, easily catch visitors’ eyes.

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Published at 2023-06-29 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, History, Religion

Tags: Marawi, artifacts

People Who've Clinically Died Reveal What They Saw Moments After Their "Death"

Something everyone faces in life, regardless of class, culture, or creed, is death. And despite its inevitability, the experience of death and what happens after still remains unknown to us. Because of this, many people are curious about the experiences of those who've clinically died and been brought back.

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Published at 2023-06-20 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Mythology & folklore, People, Religion

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88,000 Devotees Join Walk of Faith for Feast of Black Nazarene

Some 88,000 devotees attended the Walk of Faith early Sunday morning in Manila to celebrate the Feast of the Black Nazarene, according to the Quiapo Church Command Post.

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Published at 2023-01-08 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, People, Religion

Tags: Black, Church, Nazarene

Spotlight on Indigenous People’s Rituals in ‘Dayaw’ Season 12

As a continuous effort in keeping Filipino traditions alive, the award-winning documentary series “Dayaw” is finally back for its 12th season, which showcases the indigenous culture and customs. In light of this season’s title “Kakaibang Sigla: Our Boundless Energy,” the program focuses on the cycle of life exhibited in traditional societies — from the rituals of baptism and other rites of passage to courtship and marriage, and death."

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Published at 2022-09-27 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Entertainment, Religion

Tags: culture, traditions

A Cultural Hideaway in Bongabon (Nueva Ecija)

The progressive, little town of Bongabon in Nueva Ecija lies at the foothills of the mighty Sierra Madre ranges. And tucked away in its suburbs, amid lush foliage, is Giron Botanique, a complex which includes a small museum, art gallery, botanical garden and nursery.

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Published at 2021-03-23 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Mythology & folklore, Religion

Tags: Bongabon, fashion

Pope Praises Filipino Catholics as Joyful Witnesses of the Gospel

The joy of the Gospel has been an integral part of the Filipino identity since the arrival of Christianity in the Southeast Asian country five centuries ago, Pope Francis said.

Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines March 15, the pope told members of Rome’s Filipino community that evangelical zeal is a “part of your genes, a blessed ‘infectiousness’ that I urge you to preserve.”

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Published at 2021-03-15 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Culture, Religion

Tags: Filipino, love

'Very Painful' to Leave PH, Says Blacklisted Dutch Missionary

This Dutch lay missionary and labor rights advocate has made the Philippines his home for 30 years and is pained and shocked at being ordered to leave by the Bureau of Immigration (BI).

The most difficult part of leaving, says Otto Rudolf de Vries, is separation from his close friends, especially the workers and residents of poor communities “who have become very close to my heart.”

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Published at 2021-03-14 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Legal, Religion

Tags: Church, Philippines, Rights, Workers, missionary, visa

Saying No to an Unjust System

Growing up in a poor family, I have always wanted to become rich and successful. I remember my childhood years when my relatives would often ask me, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I would eagerly answer, “I want to become a businessman and become rich.” I would assume that most people desire prosperity and abundance.

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Published at 2020-11-15 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Opinion, Religion

Tags: poverty

Philippine Monsignor: Christian Survivors of Jihad Carry A Faith ‘Test'

The tiny Christian minority in Jolo, Philippines – a majority-Muslim area in an overwhelmingly Catholic nation – has seen renewed energy in its churches now that its faith has been “tested by fire,” Monsignor Romeo S. Saniel, vicar administrator of the Vicariate of Jolo, told Breitbart News in an interview on Tuesday.

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Published at 2019-11-20 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : News and Events, Opinion, Religion

Tags: Cathedral, Christian, Church, Duterte, Marawi, Mindanao, Muslim

Tambayayong Festival Depicts the True Essence of Tabangohanons

TABANGOS, Philippines — This Fourth Class Municipality of Leyte staged for the 4th consecutive year on Monday, Jan. 14 its Tambayayong Festival with the crowds growing each year since it first started in 2015.

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Published at 2019-01-18 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Communities, Religion

Tags: Festival

The Biblical Basis of Our Faith to Santo Niño

Who is the Santo Niño? Is he really miraculous? Does it have Biblical basis? Why do Catholics believe in him? Why do the faithful give importance of his image? Is it not against the Ten Commandments as provided for by the book of exodus?

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Published at 2019-01-18 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Communities, Mythology & folklore, Religion

Tags: Catholicism, Santo Niño

Lunar New Year: Celebrate the Year of the Earth Pig

Chinese New Year is an important traditional Chinese holiday celebrated at the turn of the Chinese calendar. In China, it is also known as the Spring Festival, the literal translation of the modern Chinese name. Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally run from Chinese New Year’s Eve, the last day of the last month of the Chinese calendar.

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Published at 2019-01-18 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Entertainment, News and Events, Religion

Tags: China

Exploring the Depths of Things: Napoleon V. Abueva and Religious Sculptures

On behalf of the Ateneo Community especially the Ateneo Art Gallery and Ateneo Fine Arts, we would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family of the late National Artist Napoleon “Billy” Abueva—his wife Dr. Cherry and their children, Mulawin, Amihan, and Duero along with their in-laws and grandchildren.

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Published at 2018-05-11 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Religion

Tags: Ateneo, Galleries, Sculptor

In Photos: Filipinos Mark Easter 2018 with 'salubong'

Filipinos traditionally observe the Salubong through a dawn procession that ends in front of the church, with the statues of Jesus and Mary 'meeting' on Easter

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Published at 2018-04-01 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Culture, History, Religion, Society, Stories

Tags: Intramuros, Manila