Filipino Catholics

WEST PORT, CT — It was the annual dance celebration that showed their devotion to the Santo Niño de Cebú, an image of the Child Jesus revered by these Filipino American Catholics. Hundreds of Santo Niño...

NEW YORK — The “Simbang Gabi sa Konsulado” is now on its 31st year bringing the East Coast community together, to practice an ages-old Filipino Christmas tradition that involves a series of nine dawn masses on the...

LOS ANGELES — The biggest Filipino Christmas Mass in Los Angeles continues to get bigger and brighter each year. Over 100 parishes and thousands of Filipinos kicked off Simbang Gabi at the Cathedral of Our Lady of...

NEW YORK — Filipino Archbishop Bernardito Auza was asked by Pope Franis to become the new apostolic nuncio to the kingdom of Spain and the principality of Andorra last June. Auza’s new mission starts in December...

With the Canadian federal election less than two weeks away, the Archdiocese of Toronto hosted its first-ever Federal Election forum to give voice to the Catholic community, and help voters choose the country’s next leaders from...

LOS ANGELES — From Pampanga, Philippines, to Los Angeles, California, hundreds of Kapampangans recently gathered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels for the Virgen de los Remedios Mass, celebrating the 63rd Canonical Coronation...

BAY AREA — A Filipino parish priest and his church organized a vigil Monday night to remember the victims of the recent Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton mass shootings. “We cry out how long oh Lord,...

LOS ANGELES — Despite heightened fears of mass arrests of undocumented immigrants, the country’s largest Catholic diocese paid tribute to the immigrants in its community in celebration of Immigrant Heritage Month. Home to some 5 million...

CHICAGO — Democratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law last Wednesday that protects a woman’s “fundamental right” to abortion. The legislation, called the Reproductive Rights Act, would require all private health insurance plans...

Before Alex Aclan was ordained the second Filipino bishop in the U.S., he received some special prayers and blessings. For LA’s Filipino faithful, the appointment of Aclan has a special meaning for them. While the Thursday afternoon ordination...