A Catholic bishop has issued a pastoral warning to Catholics in Eastern Samar regarding the presence of a non-Catholic ...

The historic Catholic church in the town of Balangiga in Eastern Samar. (Photo by Roy Lagarde) The return of the bells has also become a tourism boon to the poor town, which has already played host to ...

On Dec. 15, 2018, the Balangiga bells were returned to Balangiga Church in Eastern Samar. This event does not happen within the pages of Gina Apostol’s “Insurrecto: A Novel” (Soho Press, New ...

The evangelization of Samar was among the tasks entrusted to the Jesuits when the archipelago was divided among the first religious orders to come to the country in the ... Fr. Manuel Valverde started ...

The real massacre took place in Samar when the American forces retaliated. First, enemy soldiers returned to Balangiga, then still mourning and burying its dead; they torched the town, killed those ...

The first day of Simbang Gabi at the Church of San Lorenzo de Martir in Balangiga town, Eastern Samar was welcomed by the ringing of one of its historic bells. According to Sandra Aguinaldo's report ...

Residents take photos and try to touch one of the three Balangiga church bells after a ceremony returning them to the church in Balangiga in Eastern Samar province on December 15, 2018.

Three church bells have been returned to an Eastern Samar church in the Philippines after U.S. troops took them 117 years ago. The bronze treasures were seized during the 1901 Philippine-American ...

Reps. Ben Evardone of Eastern Samar, where Balangiga town is located, ... “The bells should be placed in the rightful place where they belong – the bell tower in Balangiga church,” he said.

The Balangiga bells will be handed over at the Parish Church of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr, in Balangiga town, Eastern Samar on Saturday. Article continues after this advertisement ...