Philippines' Black Nazarene Procession Draws Hundreds of Thousands ... in the Philippines on Thursday of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ in one of the world's grandest displays of Catholic ...

Millions of Filipino pilgrims swarm the Black Nazarene statue, seeking to touch it as it passes by. (Photo: Courtesy of Jahbee Cruz) The Black Nazarene, a wooden statue of Jesus Christ crowned ...

THIS year's 'Traslacion,' or the annual procession of the Black Nazarene — the statue of Jesus of Nazareth carrying his cross ...

The annual procession, one of the largest displays of Catholic devotion worldwide, commemorates the transfer of the revered Black Nazarene statue of Jesus Christ along a six-kilometer route ...

“It is better to follow the Dear Lord.” The Black Nazarene statue is believed to have been brought from Mexico to Manila in 1606 by Spanish missionaries. The ship that carried it caught ...

Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims swarmed the streets of Manila in search of a miracle yesterday, straining to reach a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ in an annual display of religious ...

The late Filipino priest and theologian Sabino Vengco said in 2019 the statue’s revered black ... commemorates the transfer of the Black Nazarene from a church inside the old Spanish colonial ...

"I tell him (Black Nazarene) all my problems ... believing that touching the statue would bless them and heal their illnesses. Others broke through a barricade of policemen to move closer to ...