DEVOTEES jostled against each other to be able to touch the “andas” if not the end of the cross of Jesus Nazareno, despite pleas from Quiapo Church officials against climbing the carriage.

A few weeks after, all eyes were on theFeast of theBlack Nazarene or the Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno in Quiapo Church, Manila. This year saw a sea of about 8.2 million devotees for thetraslacion ...

The turnout surpassed last year’s procession, which drew 6.1 million devotees and took around 14 hours to complete. Reflecting on the massive crowd, Quiapo Church rector Fr. Rufino Sescon Jr ...

As the pope himself noted, there is always the danger of reducing popular piety to external rituals and superstition ...

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An estimated eight million devotees turned out for this year’s Jesus Nazarene procession in Manila, one of the largest religious events in the Philippines. The procession began at Quirino Grandstand ...

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The celebration honors the life-sized, dark wooden statue of Jesus Christ carrying the cross, known as the Black Nazarene, housed at Quiapo Church. Congressman Sam Versoza joined millions of Black ...

Devotees flock yearly to celebrate the occasion ... the Black Nazarene to be transferred from its original church to Quiapo Church in the capital, where the statue remains to this day.

The Feast of the Black Nazarene, also known as Quiapo Fiesta, is one of the most significant religious events in the Philippines, attracting millions of devotees. Held annually on January 9 in the ...

For more than 200 years, the statue has been placed on a gilded carriage every January and pulled through the streets of Quiapo by male devotees dressed in maroon. People who touch the Nazarene were ...