In Rappler's faith chat room, Catholics share photos of children's parades honoring saints instead of celebrating Halloween monsters
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Priests have reminded their flock that Halloween, before it became a celebration of scary ghosts and monsters, was originally celebrated as “All Hallows’ Eve.” It was, literally, the eve of the feast of “all hallows” or “all saints.”Children dress as saints for a procession held by the Palo Metropolitan Cathedral in Palo, Leyte, on the eve of All Saints’ Day on Thursday, October 31.
Children dress as saints during a procession held by the Santo Tomas de Villanueva Parish in Danao City, Cebu, in celebration of All Saints’ Day on Friday, November 1. Photo by John Keach
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