The original Santo Niño

...The prime minister was added to the list of prominent visitors to the Niño de Praga in San Beda that includes the late President Corazon Aquino and St. Maximilian Kolbe, who celebrated Mass there years before he was martyred in a Nazi concentration camp.

The Pista ng Santo Niño sa San Beda is celebrated annually on the last Sunday of January. It is amazing that we see no sign of Santo Niño fatigue since the feast of the Santo Niño de Tondo and the Santo Niño de Cebu falls on the third Sunday of January. A Santo Niño fiesta was organized this year by Filipinos in Saint Ignatius Church in the Jesuit-run Sophia University in Tokyo, drawing curious Japanese to the display of different images.

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