The Black Madonna was a gift from 19th century French missionaries.

This Madonna received her beautiful Aztec looks from a native artist who carved her in Mexico…

For the full history and more photos of this officially Black Madonna go to the beautiful Pintakasi website of James Ben Malabanan.

According to local tradition, a Spanish colonial official from Peña de Francia, Spain settled with his family in Cavite, Philippines in 1712. One day, his son, Miguel Robles de Covarrubias, a seminarian, fell seriously ill…

This Black Mother of Us All was brought from Macau to Manila in 1604. From there she was taken to Nueva Segovia (now Lal-lo) to aid in the evangelization of the homeland of the Itawes and then to Piat for five years…