The Feast of Jesus Nazareno is a grand spectacle of devotion in the predominantly Catholic country, and is held yearly to commemorate the transfer of the statue to the Quiapo Church in Manila.

The statue was finally brought inside the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno, also known as Quiapo Church, at 1:25 a.m. on Friday. Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, director of the ...

The procession marks the feast of Jesus Nazareno and is a major annual Catholic ... were on standby for people who would fall ill. The statue of Jesus carrying the cross was brought to the ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — At least 1.8 million mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Thursday in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a centuries-old black statue of Jesus.