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 ...

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 ...

The annual procession for the Feast of the Black Nazarene or ‘Traslacion’ ended after more than 20 hours and 54 minutes early Friday morning with over 8 ...

Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims swarmed the streets of Manila in search of a miracle on Thursday, straining to reach a ...

MANILA, Philippines (Updated 11:28 a.m ... straining to reach a centuries-old statue of the Black Nazarene in an annual display of religious fervor. The procession to the Philippine ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and other high officials wished devotees of the Feast of the Black Nazarene a reflective occasion, hoping they would forge a deeper relationship with God.

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

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 ...

Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims swarmed the streets of Manila in search of a ... colour of the robe that covers the black, wooden Jesus the Nazarene statue -- scrambled to grab the ...

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 pull ...