Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries ... of maroon and gold and swarmed the “Black Nazarene,” a life-sized image of Jesus ...

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 ...

Catholic devotees hold on to a rope pulling the Black Nazarene statue during a procession to mark its feast day in Manila, Philippines, 09 January 2025. EFE-EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG “This is my ...

Coco Martin’s devotion traces back more than a decade ago at a time when he was earnestly praying for a job, any job, to the Catholic icon.

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

"I tell him (Black Nazarene) all my problems ... blackened image was due to a fire on the ship that carried it to the Philippines from Mexico in the early 17th century. The procession, called ...

Hundreds of thousands of devotees of the Black Nazarene are currently participating in the Traslación ... of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a ...

MANILA — Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries ... maroon and gold and swarmed the "Black Nazarene", a life-sized image ...