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Fishermen celebrate Santo Niño festival on boats - Apo Island

Fishermen celebrated the annual Santo Niño festival by sailing around Apo Island banging drums and performing dance routines aboard small fishing...

by Don Sausa in Philippines on 15/01/2012

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President Shimon Peres visits St. Anthony’s Church - Jaffa

President Shimon Peres visits St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church, accompanied by Mayor Ron Huldai, where they extend holiday greetings to Jaffa...

by Nir Alon in Israel on 22/12/2011

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Lord of Miracles procession at St. Peter's Basilica - Vatican City

The Peruvian community celebrates, at St. Peter's Basilica, the Lord of Miracles, or El Señor de los Milagros as it is known in Spanish, a...

by Giuseppe Ciccia in Vatican on 30/10/2011

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Orthodox Armenian midnight Christmas mass in Grotto of the Nativity
Midnight Christmas mass in the Grotto of the Nativity lead by Archbishop Torkom Manoogian in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Israel. 18th January 2011.
Devotees celebrate the baptism of Jesus Christ in Jericho
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Metropolitan Theophilos takes part in a ceremony at the baptismal site known as Qasr el-Yahud on the banks of the Jordan River, near the West Bank ...
Fishermen celebrate Santo Niño festival on boats - Apo Island
Fishermen celebrated the annual Santo Niño festival by sailing around Apo Island banging drums and performing dance routines aboard small fishing boats. The festival is a celebration of...
Santo Niño Festival begins in Sto Thomas
The Sto Niño festival is a nationwide celebration usually held every third Sunday of January, to celebrate the Roman Catholic statue of the Child Jesus venerated by Filipino Roman Catho...
The Santeria Religion in Cuba
Santeria (Way of the Saints) is an Afro-Caribbean religion based on Yoruba beliefs and traditions, with some Roman Catholic elements added. Santeria is a syncretic religion that grew ou...
The 2012 annual Sinulog festival
Elementary and High School students from Cebu city danced the Sinulog, in downtown Cebu City. The Mardi Gras or the Grand Parade started on the Sinulog Feast Day which is celebrated eve...
Catholics Hold Black Nazarene Procession Despite Terror Plot - Manila
Despite a terrorist plot uncovered by law enforcement officers and a cautious warning from President Aquino, millions of Filipino Catholics joined the annual Black Nazarene procession. ...
Three Kings Procession in Warsaw
Approximately 30,000 people and Warsaw Archbishop Kazimierz Nycz take part in a procession on Royal Route. In Poland the Epiphany is celebrated in grand fashion. 6th January 2012
Roman Catholics hold procession at Church of the Nativity - Bethlehem
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Metropolitan Theophilos leads the Orthodox Christmas procession inside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Palestinian T...
Pope Benedict calls consistory for February 18th - Vatican City
At the midday Angelus for the celebration of the Feast of the Ephiphany, Pope Benedict XVI announced a consistory, a formal meeting of the pope and cardinals, for next Feb. 18th. Vatica...
Christian holiday of Epiphany - Thessaloniki
Celebration of the feast of the Epiphany and "Blessing of the Waters" was held by the Metropolitan of Thessaloniki Anthimos. Thessaloniki, Greece. 6th January 2012
Slain officer Peter Figoski honored by thousands - Babylon
On a beautiful December morning, slain officer Peter Figoski was laid to rest in the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church cemetery, attended by more than 10,000 police officers, politicians...
Clerics clean the Church of the Nativity - Bethlehem
Orthodox clerics walking by the straight-east are washing and cleaning the Church of the Nativity in preparation for the Christmas reception and gala, which goes by the eastern calendar...
Christmas celebrations - Bangladesh
Bangladeshis celebrate the Christmas at Tejgaon Holy Rosary Church, Dhaka Church, conducted by Father Gabrial. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 25th December 2011
Archbishops of Dublin collecting for the Black Santa appeal
Roman Catholic Archbishop Diarmuid Martin and Church of Ireland Archbishop Michael Jackson join forces to help raise funds for charity outside St Ann’s Church on Dawson Street. Dublin, ...
President Shimon Peres visits St. Anthony’s Church - Jaffa
President Shimon Peres visits St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church, accompanied by Mayor Ron Huldai, where they extend holiday greetings to Jaffa Christian representatives and Chris...
Catholics in Quezon City denounce  the Reproductive Health Bill
Roman Catholics who are against the Reproductive Health Bill carry a cross around Quezon City, during the celebration of Feast of Immaculate Conception. They say the Bill destroys the s...
Ukraine commemorates the victims of the Great Famine
About 2 thousand people marched in Kiev to the National Memorial of Holodomor victims to commemorate the children who died during the artificial famine in 1932-1933. Kiev, Ukraine. 26th...
The Kamoro Art Exhibition Festival
Unique traditional and modern woodcarvings from Kamoro Tribe, Papua exhibited at CCCL Gallery. The Kamoro also showed their finesse in dancing with traditional music wearing ethnic cost...
Priest Isakowicz-Zaleski promotes his book - Gdansk
Preist Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski promotes his book named 'Don't forget about Borderland,' which talks about Polish people living in the former east lands of Poland. 22nd ...