He may be lambasting the Catholic Church at every turn, but President Duterte was included in the prayers yesterday as millions of devotees celebrated the Feast of the Black Nazarene.

Faith never ends. And in a display of devotion that defies understanding, millions of barefoot Catholics once again braved the risks of taking part in the annual Black Nazarene procession in ...

Black Nazarene Procession in Philippines Canceled Over COVID Every year, up to 18 million devotees have taken part in the annual procession and the other festivities.

Alvarez, who has been a Black Nazarene devotee for nine years, was one of the friars who led devotions in Prayer Station No. 4 located at the foot of Jones Bridge near Lawton.

Cancer survivor and businesswoman Juliet Asañon, a longtime Black Nazarene devotee, believed her prayers to the Black Nazarene and Catholic saints helped her during her illness and treatment.

Thousands of worshippers joined a mass as the religious Feast of the Black Nazarene festival continued through the night in the Philippines. Footage shows the devotees twirling white towels as the ...

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 ...

Aside from the route, the organizers also said there would be designated 12 prayer stations wherein communal prayers would be recited as the carriage of Black Nazarene or andas approaches.

“It’s about the life we all lead,” Jeymes Samuel says of his song “Nazarene” from his film “The Book of Clarence.” “Clarence leads this life of desires and dream fulfillment, but ...

To pull the ropes hauling the Black Nazarene through the city every Jan. 9 is a popular form of panata — an act of penance or holy devotion often undertaken as a repayment to a prayer that was ...

In 2006, we celebrated the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the image of Black Nazarene in Manila. CNA: Explain to us the devotion to the Black Nazarene at Quiapo.

President Rodrigo Duterte urged Catholics nationwide to offer prayers on Jan. 9 to the Philippines’ most revered object of devotion — the Black Nazarene — for everyone infected by Covid-19 after the ...