Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of ... and gold and swarmed the “Black Nazarene,” a life-sized image of Jesus Christ bearing down ...

MANILA, Philippines — On Jan. 9 ... life-size statue of Jesus Christ carrying a black wooden cross. Millions of Filipino Catholics join the march every year to see and touch Jesus Nazareno ...

The Feast of Jesus Nazareno, or the Black Nazarene, commemorates the transfer ... to be miraculous and was originally brought to the Philippines by Augustinian missionaries from Mexico in 1606.

known locally as “Traslacion,” sees devotees carry across Manila a replica of a famous life-size statue of Jesus carrying a black wooden cross. The Philippines and East Timor are the only ...

The statue was carved in Mexico and transported to the Philippines via Acapulco ... would be officially changed to “Jesus Nazarene,” clarifying that “Black Nazarene” is an unofficial ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — At least 1.8 million mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Thursday in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a centuries-old black statue of Jesus.

MANILA (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines ... and swarmed the "Black Nazarene", a life-sized image of Jesus Christ bearing down ...

Philippines' Black Nazarene Procession Draws Hundreds ... in the Philippines on Thursday of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ in one of the world's grandest displays of Catholic devotion ...

MANILA (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines on Thursday ... to a sea of maroon and gold and swarmed the "Black Nazarene", a life-sized ...