On Jan. 9, he joined up to 2.5 million devotees seeking redemption at the annual Feast of the Black Nazarene. The Philippines is home to Asia’s largest Catholic population and the country with ...

Believed to be miraculous, the Black Nazarene has become more famous than Quiapo’s patron saint whose feast is celebrated every June 24. Devotees have attributed miracles and answered prayers to ...

The nation's capital celebrates every January 9 the Feast of the Black Nazarene, and the highlight of the celebrations is the hours-long mass procession popularly known as Traslación, the Spanish ...

Filipinos celebrated the Feast of the Black Nazarene on Wednesday, centering their veneration around a black statue of Jesus, that many believe has miraculous capabilities. 2.2 million devotees ...

MANILA (Reuters) - The streets of the Philippine capital turned into a sea of maroon and yellow on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of Catholic devotees joined a procession in honour of the Black ...

MANILA, Philippines — A Quiapo Church official defended the Feast of Black Nazarene on Tuesday, saying its activities are not “superspreaders” of COVID-19. According to Alex Irasga ...

MANILA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - More than six million Catholic devotees in the Philippines turned up for this year's procession to honour the Black Nazarene, turning the streets of the capital into a ...

Thousands of worshippers joined a mass as the religious Feast of the Black Nazarene festival continued through the night in the Philippines. Footage shows the devotees twirling white towels as the ...

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 ...

Catholic devotees ride on vehicles with their replicas of the Black Nazarene during the blessing of replicas in front of the Quiapo church in Manila on Jan 4, 2024, ahead of the annual religious ...

TEMPO.CO, Manila - Hundreds of thousands of Catholic devotees in Manila, the Philippines, on Tuesday, Jan. 9, joined a procession in honor of the Black Nazarene in Asia's largest Catholic nation. The ...