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 ...

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 ...

The Black Nazarene procession in Manila, Philippines, which annually attracts ... carry across Manila a replica of a famous life-size statue of Jesus carrying a black wooden cross.

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Nearly 80% of the Philippines’ 110 million population ... “It is better to follow the Dear Lord.” The Black Nazarene statue is believed to have been brought from Mexico to Manila in 1606 ...

MANILA (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines on Thursday ... and gold and swarmed the "Black Nazarene", a life-sized image of Jesus ...