by Blesilda Dela Cruz | Apr 8, 2020 | Good Balita
The Holy Week tradition of the Visita Iglesia or Seven Churches Visitation can still be observed this year despite the social distancing measures, with the churches going on Live Streaming and Google providing the Street View of the churches. The annual pilgrimage on...
by The Good News Pilipinas Team | Apr 17, 2019 | Good Balita
When Intramuros reopened the walled city’s churches during Holy Week for the first time since World War II in 2018, it became the hub for over a million tourists and pilgrims who sought Manila’s century old structures. The Department of Tourism (DOT) made...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Apr 3, 2018 | Featured, Good Balita
About 1 million local and foreign tourists visited Intramuros as the walled city reopened its churches and streets for the annual Holy Week. For the first time since World War II, the Intramuros Administration welcomed visitors to its century –old churches and chapels...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Mar 22, 2018 | Featured, Good Balita
Photo by the Manila Cathedral photo courtesy of Lamudi Catholic faithful looking for a new way to experience the annual Lenten season’s Visita Iglesia can now go to Intramuros, the famed old walled city of Manila. Seven churches of Intramuros are being opened by the...
by Jean Denzel Almanzor | Apr 3, 2015 | Good Balita
The Philippines is known all over the world for its people’s distinctive way of commemorating the Holy Week, referred to as Semana Santa or Mahal na Araw. It is that time of the year when Filipino Catholics are reminded by the Church to repent for their sins while...
