Described as a 'people's Catholicism,' popular piety as seen in Manaoag 'manifests a thirst for God which only the simple and poor can know' PANGASINAN, Philippines – The statues of two pillars ...

PANGASINAN, Philippines ... the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, led dozens of bishops and priests in a Mass to proclaim Manaoag Shrine a basilica. On Tuesday, February ...