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 ...

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 ...

In the devotees, I found the heart of the Filipino.

Hundreds of thousands of Catholic worshippers are marching in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a centuries-old black statue of Jesus.

Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims swarmed the streets of Manila in search of a miracle on Thursday, straining to ...

Filipinos turned the streets of Manila to a sea of maroon and gold and swarmed the “Black Nazarene,” a life-sized ... for a chance to pull the thick rope towing the carriage across the ...

Filipinos turned the streets of Manila to a sea of maroon and gold and swarmed the "Black Nazarene", a life-sized ... for a chance to pull the thick rope towing the carriage across the Philippine ...

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 for a chance to pull ...