Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ on Thursday in one of the world’s grandest displays of Catholic ...

The traditional “Pahalik” that has been part of the annual feast of the Black Nazarene started ahead of schedule this year as devotees began massing and lining up at the Quirino Grandstand. The Manila ...

Millions of Filipino pilgrims swarm the Black Nazarene statue, seeking to touch it as it passes by. (Photo: Courtesy of Jahbee Cruz) The Black Nazarene, a wooden statue of Jesus Christ crowned ...

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

The Black Nazarene procession in Manila ... sees devotees carry across Manila a replica of a famous life-size statue of Jesus carrying a black wooden cross. The Philippines and East Timor ...

The annual procession, one of the largest displays of Catholic devotion worldwide, commemorates the transfer of the revered Black Nazarene statue of Jesus Christ along a six-kilometer route ...

“It is better to follow the Dear Lord.” The Black Nazarene statue is believed to have been brought from Mexico to Manila in 1606 by Spanish missionaries. The ship that carried it caught ...

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

The late Filipino priest and theologian Sabino Vengco said in 2019 the statue’s revered black ... commemorates the transfer of the Black Nazarene from a church inside the old Spanish colonial ...

The late Filipino priest and theologian Sabino Vengco said in 2019 the statue's revered black colour ... commemorates the transfer of the Black Nazarene from a church inside the old Spanish ...

"I tell him (Black Nazarene) all my problems ... believing that touching the statue would bless them and heal their illnesses. Others broke through a barricade of policemen to move closer to ...