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The majority (70%) of Christian Chinese Filipinos are [[Catholic Church in the Philippines|Catholic]].<ref name="Teresita Ang-See, p. 57" /> Many Catholic Chinese Filipinos still tend to practice the [[Chinese folk religion|traditional Chinese religions]] alongside Catholicism, due to the recent openness of the Church in accommodating Chinese beliefs such as [[Chinese ancestor veneration|ancestor veneration]].
 
Unique to the Catholicism of Chinese Filipinos is the religious syncretism that is found in Chinese Filipino homes. Many have altars bearing Catholic images such as the ''[[Santo Niño de Cebu|Santo Niño]]'' (Child Jesus) as well as statues of the [[Buddha]] and [[Shen (Chinese religion)|Taoist godsdeities]]. It is not unheard of to venerate the [[Blessed Virgin Mary]], saints, or the dead using joss sticks and otherwise traditional offerings, much as one would have done for [[Guan Yin]] or [[Matsu (goddess)|Mazu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alineang.blogspot.com/2006/09/feast-of-ma-cho.html|title=Feast of Ma-cho|date=September 28, 2006|website=alineang.blogspot.com|access-date=February 16, 2008|archive-date=July 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708022521/http://alineang.blogspot.com/2006/09/feast-of-ma-cho.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
===Protestantism===