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The Philippines is Asia’s largest Catholic nation, with roughly 91 million Catholics—about 80% of the population—across more than seventy dioceses. Spanish-era evangelization shaped national devotion to the Santo Niño and Marian titles such as Our Lady of Peñafrancia. The Church remains central to public life and popular piety, from barrio fiestas to nationwide pilgrimages, making the archipelago a defining center of Asian Catholicism.