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The effects of active Hispanization of the Philippines shaped and altered the 'Filipino' culture.

Intramuros. An imprint of almost half a millennium of European colonialism in the Philippines.

Vigan, a preservation of history. The soul of a nation.

The Roman Catholic Faith.

The Spanish conquistador might have brought the sword, but he also brought with him the missionary friars and priests who actively implemented a religious Reconquista of the pagan malays. Thereby converting the overwhelming majority of the pagan malays , baptizing them into the Christian Roman Catholic Faith.

To this day, the Philippines is the only Christian Nation in all of Asia. Of the 103 million Filipinos, 90% of them are Christian, and of that, 80% belong to the Roman Catholic Church.