Millions of Catholic devotees flooded the streets of the Philippine capital Tuesday to honor the Black Nazarene, a centuries-old religious tradition that has returned after a three-year hiatus due ...

MANILA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - More than six million Catholic devotees in the Philippines turned up for this year's procession to honour the Black Nazarene, turning the streets of the capital into a ...

In 2015, Msgr. Jose Clemente Ignacio, the rector of the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, spoke with CNA about the history and the fierce devotion behind the Black Nazarene. “A first group ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — On Jan. 9, more than 8 million mostly barefoot Filipino devotees filled the streets of Manila for the annual “Black Nazarene” procession, one of the world’s largest ...

Hundreds of thousands of people have turned out on the streets of Manila in the Philippines for the procession of the Black Nazarene. The annual event sees devotees trying to catch a glimpse of ...

Each year, a centuries-old wooden statue of Jesus Christ, called The Black Nazarene, is paraded through the Philippine capital. This year, police and foreign embassies advised attendees to be on ...

On Jan. 9, he joined up to 2.5 million devotees seeking redemption at the annual Feast of the Black Nazarene. The Philippines is home to Asia’s largest Catholic population and the country with ...

After a pause of three years due to the COVID pandemic, the Black Nazarene procession resumes today. The Philippine National Police has deployed thousands of its personnel along the route of the ...

Credit: The Black Nazarene Group Sydney as supplied by Ian Epondulan Three generations of the Tablante-Epondulan family have been dedicating their devotions to one of the popular icons for many ...

The Black Nazarene dates back to 1606, when the statue of Jesus kneeling on one knee arrived in the Philippines from Mexico. In 1620, the first confraternity dedicated to the Black Nazarene was ...