However, Fr. Douglas Badong, the church’s parochial vicar, reminded the faithful to continue observing minimum public health protocols to prevent spread of the infection. “Devotees may once again ...

“Devotees may once again touch the image of the Black Nazarene located above the main altar of the Quiapo Church,” Fr. Douglas Badong, the church’s parochial vicar, said over Radio Veritas.

The church said it took 22 minutes to transfer the Nazarene's image from the altar to the andas - and an hour and 39 minutes to attach the rope due to "crowd surge." ... The Quiapo Church said at ...

In Photo: The original altar of Quiapo Church. Story & photos by Marky Ramone Go “There’s only one country I haven’t been to. Nepal. I don’t know why—I just haven’t had the chance ...

To prevent the millions of devotees from “going wild” right at the start of the festivities, the Catholic Church is for the first time tapping priests to move the revered statue of the Black ...

MANILA, Philippines — The management of Quiapo Church has adopted the national government’s policy on the optional use of face masks in indoor settings. Rev. Fr. Douglas Badong, the vicar of ...

Quiapo, like Manila, got its name from a water plant. If May-nila was the place where the “nila” (Ixora manila Blanco) grew in abundance, Quiapo was where the “water cabbage” (Pistia stratiotes) could ...

We can learn more about it if we are willing to take off our shoes and kneel, to be touched and to bow,” said then Quiapo Church rector Monsignor Jose Clemente Ignacio in a talk delivered at the ...

OPM singer Angeline Quinto finally ties the knot with her non-showbiz boyfriend, Nonrev Daquina, on Thursday, April 25 at Quiapo Church in Manila. Quinto wore a simple white or cream ...