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

The Feast of Black Nazarene is a yearly celebration held every 9th of January. Devotees flock yearly to celebrate the occasion as a sign of their thanksgiving for all the blessings they received.

Kiray Celis has taken to Instagram to share a truly heartfelt message for Stephan. She started her post by saying that for as ...

BECAUSE I studied the Traslacion for a graduate dissertation, I have given many interviews and op-eds already on the devotion ...

The nation witnessed recently two distinct religious gatherings held four days apart: the 'Traslacion,' or Feast of the Black ...

This is the heroic moment a stray dog was rescued amid a crowd of devotees during the Nazarene festival in the Philippines.

Many devotees join the processions as part of their “panata ... which is the historic practice of the San Sebastian and ...

Show more Show less The black statue of Jesus of Nazarene leaves a park following a mass during an annual religious procession in Manila on Thursday Devotees carry the religious icon during a ...

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 ...

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 ...