Manila Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle washed the feet of a priest who had been held captive for months and the parents of a slain Filipino migrant worker.

Bishop Edwin de la Pena of Marawi assured Catholics in the region that other parishes not affected by the fighting will continue their ministries.

Rallies were held in cities around the Philippines.

The Catholic Church has slowly found its voice against a campaign of violence.

A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics joined a raucous procession of a centuries-old life-size statue of Jesus Christ under extra-tight security.

Simbang Gabi speaks to the central place that Christmas holds in the Filipino imagination.