It was brought to the Philippines in 1606 by Spanish Augustinian missionaries. Further reading: Filipino Black Nazarene devotion, is a cry for liberation From its arrival, the statue was ...

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

This is the heroic moment a stray dog was rescued amid a crowd of devotees during the Nazarene festival in the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The procession marks the feast of Jesus Nazareno and is a major annual Catholic event in Asia.

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

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 on Thursday ... sea of maroon and gold and swarmed the "Black Nazarene", a life-sized image of Jesus ...

MANILA, Philippines — The sea ... that the widely revered statue is now preferably called “Jesus Nazareno” instead of “Black Nazarene.” “This move is meant to further focus the people ...