THIS year's "Traslacion," or the annual procession of the Black Nazarene — the statue of Jesus of Nazareth carrying his cross toward Calvary for his crucifixion — again reminded us of the serious ...

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

After leaving the Luneta Grandstand, the procession then passes through ... historic practice of the San Sebastian and Quiapo churches, the Black Nazarene meets the image of Nuestra Señora ...

The image was previously called the Black Nazarene, but church officials ... a spokesperson of Quiapo Church, said this year’s procession is slower compared to last year because of an increase ...

But I believe one of the most comprehensive I have done came out recently (aside from my very first column in The Manila Times entitled "Bayanihan and order in the Black Nazarene procession" on ... by ...

a procession marking the historic transfer of the Black Nazarene image from its old home in Intramuros, Manila, or this year, from Luneta, to the Minor Basilica of the Nazarene or Quiapo Church.

An estimated eight million devotees turned out for this year’s Jesus Nazarene procession in Manila, one of the largest religious events in the Philippines. The procession began at Quirino Grandstand ...

Held annually on January 9 in the Quiapo district of Manila, this festival honors the Black Nazarene, or Hesus Nazareno, a full-sized statue of a dark-skinned statue of Jesus Christ carrying the cross ...

The Feast of Black Nazarene is a yearly ... from its original church to Quiapo Church in the capital, where the statue remains to this day. The procession begins after a mass is celebrated.

In 1988, the late Cardinal Jaime Sin, then archbishop of Manila, initiated the building of the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in the Quiapo church. The procession of Black Nazarene in Manila ...