The Feast of Jesus Nazareno, or the Black Nazarene, commemorates the transfer of the life-sized statue to its current home at Quiapo Church in Manila. The centuries-old image carrying a cross is ...

according to the Nazareno Operations Center of the Quiapo Church. Up to 9,404 attendees were recorded from Monday to Tuesday. The crowd for today’s Feast of the Black Nazarene is expected to ...

As the pope himself noted, there is always the danger of reducing popular piety to external rituals and superstition ...

The Archdiocese of Manila has requested the Vatican to designate January 9 as National Feast of the Black Nazarene, a Quiapo Church official said ...

MANILA, Philippines — This year's celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene marks the first ... as well as making the Quiapo Church a national shrine, during a plenary assembly back in ...

MANILA, Philippines — Millions of Nazarene devotees ... crisscrossing mainly the busy Quiapo district every January for the week-long celebration of the Feast of Jesus Nazareno.

particularly Quiapo, transform into a sea of maroon and yellow as millions of Catholic devotees gather together to celebrate the Feast of the Black Nazarene. The devotional fervor of many ...

AS millions of devotees prepare to participate in this year's Feast of the Black Nazarene on Jan. 9 ... an event drawing millions to Manila's Quiapo Church.

Devotees who took part in the Feast of the Black Nazarene’s main event, popularly called the “Traslacion,” were notably less rowdy compared to previous ...

Catholic devotees hold on to a rope pulling the Black Nazarene statue during a procession to mark its feast day in Manila ... to its permanent home in Quiapo Church in Manila.

and within the vicinity of Quiapo Church. “Teams of Coast Guard intelligence experts, crowd security personnel, and medical officers are also present to ensure maximum security and safety, especially ...