Though the ship carrying it caught fire, the charred statue survived and was named the “Black Nazarene.” Now enshrined at Quiapo Church, it remains a powerful symbol of miracles and answered ...

More than half a million Catholic devotees participated on Thursday in the centuries-old Black Nazarene procession in Manila, seeking blessings and miracles while navigating massive crowds that ...

More than eight million people participated in one way or another in the Traslacion. That’s 55 percent of Metro Manila’s ...

The Traslacion of the Black Nazarene is oftentimes linked with “popular piety” or “people’s spirituality.” Held every 9th of ...

For Congressman Sam Verzosa, the annual Feast of the Black Nazarene is more than a religious tradition—it mirrors his own ...

The Black Nazarene is one of the most religious icons in the Philippines which draw millions of barefoot men and women in search of miracles every year. Pilgrims are seen walking on their knees in ...

Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims swarmed the streets of Manila in search of a miracle Thursday, straining to reach a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ, oblivious to injury, in an annual ...

MANILA, Philippines (Updated 11:28 a.m.) — Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims swarmed the streets of Manila in search of a miracle Thursday ... statue of the Black Nazarene in an ...