Calungsod will become the second Filipino saint after St. Lorenzo Ruiz, an altar server martyred in Japan while serving in a mission there in 1637. Pope John Paul II canonized Ruiz 25 years ago.

MANILA, Philippines — Nearly a million Filipino Roman Catholics have gathered in central Cebu City to celebrate the canonization of the country’s second saint, 17th-century teen martyr Pedro ...

Two recent events in the Vatican will surely warm and gladden the hearts of Filipino Catholics around they world -- the canonization of their second saint, San Pedro Calunsod, and the elevation of ...

Young adult author Randy Ribay is Filipino American and says his latest book Patron Saints Of Nothing is dedicated to people like him: "The Hyphenated," he calls them. And not just Filipino ...

Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino saint, was drowned in 1637 by Japanese authorities while serving as a calligrapher for Spanish missionaries.

MANILA, Philippines — Families in Manila marched in a colorful Oct. 31 parade, dressed as their favorite saints, to evangelize and to catechize on heaven and the communion of the saints.