With that in mind, I asked staff members of The Morning Call, Reading Eagle and Pa. Cluster to give their predictions on ...

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

With that in mind, I asked staff members of The Morning Call, Reading Eagle and Pa. Cluster to give their predictions on ...

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 ...

Allentown Central Catholic defeated Whitehall 58-41 in a matchup of Top-5 teams. Jahrel Vigo led the way for the Vikings ...

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 ...

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 to ...

The performance of the eskrimadoras, or female arnis players, seemed to be a tribute to brave Filipina warriors during the ...

Rufino C. Sescon Jr. and with Mgr. Antonio Tobias and Mgr. Teodoro Bacani Jr. emeriti, for the anniversary of the ‘Black Nazarene’. For the first time celebrated as a national holiday ...

MANILA, Philippines — The first day of the traditional pahalik or kissing of the image of the Black Nazarene drew more than 9,000 devotees at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila. In a span of 21 ...