MANILA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos joined an annual procession in the Philippine capital to kiss or touch a centuries-old black wooden statue of Jesus Christ, believed to have ...

Every Jan. 9 in Manila’s Quiapo district, millions of Filipinos throng to the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene for the annual traslacion, or transfer, of the most venerated image of the suffering ...

Why do I go to the Black Nazarene? Because it renews my faith in being Filipino and the Filipino masses. Forbes Park and Greenhills high-haired types don't come to the Nazareno. And some may call it ...

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 grandest ...

The Black Nazarene procession in the Philippines, one of the largest religious devotions in the world, returned this year to its traditional size for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 ...

Cardinal Luis Tagle of Manila told pilgrims at a popular annual procession in the Philippines to take caution against becoming "fanatics," stressing that true devotion is about how one lives one's ...

From the bustling city streets of Metro Manila to its fervent processions, two seemingly disparate vehicles – the “popemobile” – a specially designed vehicle used by the Pope during his visit in ...

MANILA (Reuters) - More than 400,000 Catholics in the Philippine capital celebrated on Saturday a feast for a centuries-old wooden statue of Jesus Christ, despite health experts warning it could turn ...

On a humid Friday afternoon, the streets leading to Quiapo Church pulse with life. Vendors weave through the crowd, calling out prices for sampaguita garlands and bottled water. The air is thick with ...

Pilgrims celebrate as they wait to touch the Black Nazarene during a Jan. 9 procession in Manila, Philippines. The wooden statue, carved in Mexico and brought to the Philippine capital in the early ...