Since 1990 persecution of Christians in the region has slowly decreased.

     In the early 2000s, a few influential Bicolanos came to faith.

     In the two leading cities, wealthy and powerful people have never been more open to the gospel.

     Openness in the rural areas is still largely unknown due to the lack of efforts to reach them.

     The region retains Roman Catholicism as the overwhelming religion of the great majority.

     The Catholic religion has the highest number of followers than in any other area in the Philippines.

     Fiestas are common occurrence, from a simple barrio fiesta, which honors a patron associated for good harvest, to a town fiesta honoring a miraculous saint, or a regional one such as the Pe�afrancia Fiesta, a one week long celebration to honor the Virgin Mary, dubbed as the "Queen Patron of Bicolandia".

     As a matter of fact, it is widely acknowledged that in Luzon, it is Bicol Region that holds the most number of men entering the seminary for Catholic Priesthood, and women entering the religious life to become Catholic nuns.

     Spain targeted the Bicol region early on in its colonization efforts, resulting in one of the country�s oldest Roman Catholic dioceses (in Naga City).

     Today, the vast majority of Bicolanos are still Catholic.

     Some are members of one of the many cults active in the area.

     In five of the region�s six provinces only about one percent of residents are Protestant Christian.