We touched a bit of our history as to how the Roman Catholicism became a prevalent religion in our country, the Philippines, an archipelago hundreds of miles away from it's colonizer, which was King Philip II of Spain. In fact, Philippines was named in his honor. When Ferdinand Magellan (Fernando Magallanes) came in the "name of the King and the Cross" in 1521, many natives were converted from animism and Islam to the Catholic religion in the 300 years they ruled the land. At present, 85 percent of our population are practicing Catholics. 10 percent are Protestants, and 5 percent are Muslims and other minor religions.
