An exhibition at New York’s Scandinavia House features art and music by black Americans who moved to northern Europe in ...

He is Our Lord and Savior, the Almighty, The Alpha and the Omega. But according to scientists, Jesus Christ’s real name...is ...

Beginning Feb. 3, a 10-course program named for Black Catholic Sister Bea Jeffries, SBS, will explore how Black Catholics ...

THIS year's 'Traslacion,' or the annual procession of the Black Nazarene — the statue of Jesus of Nazareth carrying his cross ...

With their sparkling embroideries and colorful sashes flapping in the frigid wind, hundreds of Guatemalan faithful flocked to ...

The Traslacion of the Black Nazarene is oftentimes linked with “popular piety ... is a symbolic gesture that emulates Christ’s suffering as he was carrying his cross en route to his crucifixion in ...

Held annually on January 9 in the Quiapo district of Manila, this festival honors the Black Nazarene, or Hesus Nazareno, a full-sized statue of a dark-skinned statue of Jesus Christ carrying the cross ...

(Photo: Courtesy of Jahbee Cruz) The Black Nazarene, a wooden statue of Jesus Christ crowned with thorns and bearing his cross, was brought to Manila from Mexico in 1606 by Spanish missionaries.

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 ...

The Feast of Jesus Nazareno, or the Black Nazarene, commemorates the transfer of the life-sized statue to its current home at Quiapo Church in Manila. The centuries-old image carrying a cross is ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A mammoth crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic devotees joined Thursday a chaotic procession through downtown ...

The procession marks the feast of Jesus Nazareno and is a major annual Catholic event in Asia. The image was previously called the Black Nazarene, but church officials appealed for a change, saying ...