Anabaptism is 500 years old. Its distinctive witness—on Scripture, community, and more—is a treasure worth preserving.

It shows blue, green, yellow and red figures embracing a cross that ends in an anchor at the base ... voyages that entailed much physical hardship as well as devotion. In the church of Santa Prassede, ...

The statue is taken out of the church and ... of the Black Nazarene dates back to the early 1600s, when it was brought to Manila by Spanish missionaries from Mexico. Carved from mesquite wood, the ...

McALLEN, TEXAS (Border Report) — Representing migrants who died while trying to cross the border last year, 600 wooden crosses covered a field for a month in Eagle Pass, Texas. US ‘knowingly ...

Joined by her cousin, the 50-year-old Talan went to Quiapo Church after seeing the glimpse of the Black Nazarene’s image ... Inc., Red Cross Philippines, various partner agencies, and the ...

and the Jesus Nazareno parish church where devotees flock for the chance to touch the revered life-sized statue of Christ bearing the cross. Bomb-sniffing dogs from the Army, coast guard and ...

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 ...

The procession marks the feast of Jesus Nazareno and is a major annual Catholic event in Asia. The image was previously called the Black Nazarene, but church officials appealed for a change, saying ...

The Traslacion is a re-enactment of the “solemn transfer” from Intramuros to Quiapo Church of the Black Nazarene’s replica ... the image bearing the Cross. Devotees use physical force ...

Rey Monsanto, the parish priest of the Nazareno Church at the time, first housed the image upon its arrival from Quiapo in 2009. A devotee is seen clutching a cross-less replica of the Black Nazarene ...

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 ... of the Black ...

The Black Nazarene procession in Manila ... a replica of a famous life-size statue of Jesus carrying a black wooden cross. The Philippines and East Timor are the only countries in Asia that ...