ALONE among national congregations in the Catholic Church, the Filipino faithful are allowed two celebrations related to ...

MANILA, Philippines — On Jan. 9, more than 8 million mostly barefoot Filipino devotees filled the streets of Manila for the annual “Black Nazarene ... An estimated 8.1 million pilgrims ...

The procession, called the “traslacion,” or translation, commemorates the transfer of the Black Nazarene from a church inside the old Spanish colonial capital of Intramuros, in present-day ...

May this day inspire us to care for one another and hold firm in the belief that our better days are ahead.' The Feast of Jesus Nazareno, or the Black Nazarene, commemorates the transfer of the ...

It is followed by another maroon event in January: the Traslacion of the Black Nazarene. The varsity team of the University of the Philippines (UP) is called the UP Fighting Maroons. UP’s teams ...

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 ... Quiapo Church receives thousands of Catholics every day for Mass and confession. Jonah McKeown is a staff writer and podcast producer for Catholic ...

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 ...

(OSV News) — The streets of the Philippine capital of Manila were packed Jan. 9 with throngs of faithful devotees jostling for a brush with the encased icon of the Black Nazarene ... the novena to the ...

Filipino Catholics jostle to touch the carriage carrying the statue of the Black Nazarene during the annual ... yearly on the 9th marking the end of the novena to the Holy Name of Jesus (which starts ...

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 ...

Filipinos turned the streets of Manila to a sea of maroon and gold and swarmed the "Black Nazarene", a life-sized ... billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial ...