The Black Madonna of Antipolo (Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje, Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage)
is one of the most venerated Catholic icons in the Philippines — a dark wooden statue of the Virgin Mary, believed to have been brought from Acapulco, Mexico to Manila in 1626 by Spanish Governor-General Juan Niño de Tabora as protection during the dangerous Manila Galleon…