As a people, we've survived three colonizers, 300 years of Spanish colonization, 50 years of American, three years of Japanese and a fourth, colonization under Marcos. We've survived all of those and we continue to be a happy people, maybe in despair sometimes, but we have our Pacquiaos...
he Catholic faith served the Spanish colonizers well. Though vastly outnumbered, and halfway around the world from Spain, Spaniards had little to worry. The Indios they colonized, and later Christianized, were meek, compliant, and revered them and their White Christian God. Even today, almo...
January 2012--Along with its search for wealth, the Spanish colonizers made it a top mission to spread Catholicism in the Philippines. And to broaden the reach of Christianity, a place for worship is needed to bring the congregation together. As a result, churches were built around the countr...