The procession, locally known as Translacion, sees devotees carry across Manila a 400-year-old, life-size statue of Jesus ...

Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries-old statue of Jesus ...

More than 13,000 Catholic devotees joined the Traslacion in Cagayan de Oro City on Thursday, January 9, 2025, authorities ...

Catholic devotees on Thursday gathered at the Quiapo Church in Manila, for the Replica and Estandarte Blessing of the Black ...

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday appealed to candidates to respect the solemnity” of the Black Nazarene procession, known as “Traslacion” on January 9, 2025, and not use it to campaign ...

Established in 1966 by Maulana Ron Karenga, Kwanzaa celebrates Black culture, community, family, and history. Kwanzaa gets its name from the Swahili phrase, “matunda ya kwanza.” The colors of ...

It is not recognized as a federal holiday. Kwanzaa emerged during the Black Freedom Movement of the 1960s as a way to reconnect Black communities in the U.S. with important African cultural ...

It is not recognized as a federal holiday. Kwanzaa emerged during the Black Freedom Movement of the 1960s as a way to reconnect Black communities in the U.S. with important African cultural traditions ...

Her family joined the Shrine of the Black Madonna, a church based on Black Liberation Theology (full disclosure: I’m also a member of the Shrine). “Growing up in the Shrine, there was a big ...

The annual event took place at Hiraoka Shrine in Higashiosaka City. The ritual is based on a Japanese myth that the gods' loud laughter opened a rock cave in which the sun goddess had locked herself.

On Dec. 19, 1999, the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama, was officially opened and consecrated. The opening Mass was celebrated by the Diocese of Birmingham’s bishop at ...

CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna , Philippines — A woman with disability, who was reported missing on Monday morning, was found dead in the backyard of her neighbor in Barangay Barualte, San Juan ...