I have given many interviews and op-eds already on the devotion of Filipinos to Jesus Nazareno. But I believe one of the most comprehensive I have done came out recently (aside from my very first ...

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.

In the Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno Hymn which every ardent devotee knows ... and glorifying God’s greatness and love for mankind through our good deeds,” then Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal ...

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.

MANILA, Philippines — More than eight million devotees participated in the 2025 Feast of Jesus ... crowd, the image of the Nazarene safely returned to Quiapo Church. The Hijos del Nazareno ...

from Quirino Grandstand to the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno, famously known as Quiapo Church, in Manila. When the image of Jesus reached the San Sebastian Church midway 15 ...

MANILA, Philippines — The ... the image of a cross-bearing Christ, a.k.a. Jesus Nazareno, was the first to be held after the Feast of Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno was declared a national feast ...

Devotees climb on a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during ... The procession in Manila began before dawn, with organizers estimating the early crowd at around 250,000.

Devotees climb on a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila ... said the crowd was estimated at around 1.8 million at one point in ...

The decline began in 2023 even when lingering health restrictions made Cagayan de Oro the sole host of the procession in the country after Manila ... or Nuestro Padre de Jesus Nazareno, to various ...