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Filipino Catholics pray for good health and peace in huge procession venerating Jesus statue
Police reported 604 people suffering minor injuries as of Thursday afternoon. The statue of Jesus carrying the cross was brought to the Philippines from Mexico on a galleon in 1606 by Spanish ...
Construction begins of record-breaking Virgin Mary monument in central Poland
In the Polish village of Konotopa, near Toruń, the construction has begun of a Virgin Mary statue that will measure more than ...
Statue of baby Jesus stolen from Shrine of St. John Neumann, where stained glass windows were shattered last year
The statue was stolen from the National Shrine of St. John Neumann, almost exactly a year after a vandal shattered the shrine ...
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Philippines’ Black Nazarene procession draws hundreds of thousands of devotees
Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries-old statue of ... life-sized image of Jesus Christ bearing down a cross, as devotees ...
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A Sea of Faith: 8 Million-Plus Devotees Join ‘Black Nazarene’ Procession in the Philippines
The procession, locally known as Translacion, sees devotees carry across Manila a 400-year-old, life-size statue of Jesus Christ carrying a black wooden cross. Millions of Filipino Catholics join ...
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Filipino Catholics Pray for Good Health and Peace in Huge Procession Venerating Jesus Statue
At least 15 patients had to be brought to hospital. The statue of Jesus carrying the cross was brought to the Philippines from Mexico on a galleon in 1606 by Spanish missionaries. The ship that ...