By Jay Ereno MANILA (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines on Thursday of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ in one of the world's ...

MANILA, Philippines — Hundreds of thousands ... Barefoot men and women clad in maroon shirts -- the color of the robe that covers the black, wooden Jesus of Nazarene statue -- scrambled to ...

MANILA, Philippines — The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said Thursday it would deploy more than 14,000 officers to secure the Feast of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila on Jan. 9.

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 ...