Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ on Thursday in one of the world’s grandest displays of Catholic ...

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

THIS year's 'Traslacion,' or the annual procession of the Black Nazarene — the statue of Jesus of Nazareth carrying his cross ...

The Black Nazarene procession in Manila, Philippines, which annually attracts one of the world’s largest crowds for a religious devotion, attracted hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic ...

A devotee shows a miniature statue of the Black Nazarene during the annual feast of the Black Nazarene in Manila, the Philippines, Jan. 9, 2025. Thousands of devotees of the Black Nazarene flocked to ...

Hundreds of thousands of Catholic worshippers are marching in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a ...

Catholic devotees hold on to a rope pulling the Black Nazarene statue during a procession to mark its feast day in Manila, Philippines, 09 January 2025. EFE-EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG “This is my ...

For Congressman Sam Verzosa, the annual Feast of the Black Nazarene is more than a religious tradition—it mirrors his own ...

"I tell him (Black Nazarene) all my problems ... blackened image was due to a fire on the ship that carried it to the Philippines from Mexico in the early 17th century. The procession, called ...

"I tell him (Black Nazarene) all my problems ... debunking a longstanding myth its blackened image was due to a fire on the ship that carried it to the Philippines from Mexico in the early 17th ...