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

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Filipino Catholic devotees swarmed the Black Nazarene's carriage ... of the statue to the Quiapo Church in Manila. Zealous worshippers would spill out on the procession route and jostle for ...

The procession, locally known as Translacion ... the charred statue survived and was named the “Black Nazarene.” Now enshrined at Quiapo Church, it remains a powerful symbol of miracles ...

These are some of the things in the discourse every time the Procession for the Jesus Nazareno (also known as the Black Nazarene) comes annually every ... I had the impression and assumed that Quiapo ...

Meanwhile, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. underscored the Feast of the Black Nazarene as a profound expression of Filipino faith. He noted that acts like walking barefoot during the ...

The procession, called the “traslacion,” or translation, commemorates the transfer of the Black Nazarene from a church ... to its current location in Quiapo church. Cardinal Jose Advincula ...