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Filipino Catholics pray for good health and peace in huge procession venerating Jesus statue
The image was previously called the Black Nazarene ... a garbage scavenger who has been a Jesus Nazareno devotee for more than three decades, said he prays for a better life for his family ...
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In 1877, a stained-glass window depicted Jesus as Black for the first time − a scholar of visual images unpacks its history and significance
A Black Jesus at this time was unknown ... Like the medieval monastic model of “ora et labora,” or prayer and labor – both seen as complementary elements of society. In a second image ...