Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries ... of maroon and gold and swarmed the “Black Nazarene,” a life-sized image of Jesus ...

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

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 ...

The traditional “Pahalik” that has been part of the annual feast of the Black Nazarene started ahead of schedule this year as devotees began massing and lining up at the Quirino Grandstand. The Manila ...

The Black Nazarene procession in Manila, Philippines, which annually attracts one of the world’s largest crowds for a religious devotion, attracted hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic ...

Coco Martin’s devotion traces back more than a decade ago at a time when he was earnestly praying for a job, any job, to the Catholic icon.

Philippines' Black Nazarene Procession Draws Hundreds of Thousands of Devotees By Jay Ereno MANILA (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the ...

"I tell him (Black Nazarene) all my problems ... blackened image was due to a fire on the ship that carried it to the Philippines from Mexico in the early 17th century. The procession, called ...