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 ...

Though the ship carrying it caught fire, the charred statue survived and was named the “Black Nazarene.” Now enshrined at Quiapo Church, it remains a powerful symbol of miracles and answered ...

A frail child, he heard from his father and relatives about the miracles attributed to the Black Nazarene and asked to visit the basilica in Quiapo. When his grandfather in Saudi Arabia learned of ...

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 massive crowds that ...

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 ...

More than eight million people participated in one way or another in the Traslacion. That’s 55 percent of Metro Manila’s population of over 14 million (as of 20 ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims swarmed the streets of Manila in search of a miracle Thursday ... that covers the black, wooden Jesus the Nazarene statue ...

MANILA, Philippines (Updated 11:28 a.m.) — Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims swarmed the streets of Manila in search of a miracle Thursday ... statue of the Black Nazarene in an ...

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 ...