Filipinos turned the streets of Manila to a sea of maroon and gold and swarmed the “Black Nazarene,” a life-sized image of Jesus Christ bearing down a cross, as devotees jostled for a chance ...

MANILA, Philippines — On Jan. 9, more than 8 million mostly barefoot Filipino devotees filled the streets of Manila for the annual “Black Nazarene” procession, one of the world’s largest ...

Thousands of devoted Catholics gather at Quiapo Church to welcome back the Black Nazarene after a six-kilometer grand procession that saw thousands more swarm the streets of Manila for a glimpse or a ...

As the pope himself noted, there is always the danger of reducing popular piety to external rituals and superstition ...

THIS year's "Traslacion," or the annual procession of the Black Nazarene — the statue of Jesus of Nazareth carrying his cross toward Calvary for his crucifixion — again reminded us of the serious ...

MANILA, Philippines — Over 22,000 devotees joined the pahalik or kissing of the Black Nazarene’s image at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila yesterday. As of 8 a.m. yesterday, 22,327 people had ...

The Black Nazarene procession in Manila, Philippines, which annually attracts one of the world’s largest crowds for a religious devotion, attracted hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic ...

The Archdiocese of Manila has requested the Vatican to designate January 9 as National Feast of the Black Nazarene, a Quiapo Church official said ...

Manila, Jan 9 (EFE).- More than half a million Catholic devotees participated on Thursday in the centuries-old Black Nazarene procession in Manila, seeking blessings and miracles while navigating ...