These four churches, the first of which was built by the Spanish in the late 16th century ... churches constructed between the 16thand the18th centuries in the Spanish period of the Philippines. They ...

The Spanish had arrived in what would come to be known as the Philippines. Things did not get off to a good start. The expedition leader, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, found willing ...

Five Filipino Christian leaders weigh in on the American church ... of Spanish rule, which brought Catholicism to the Philippine archipelago. Then the United States colonized the Philippines ...

Studies find that while less than a third of Americans trust church leaders ... Catholicism came to the Philippines through Spanish colonialism and stuck as Filipinos made their faith their ...