Philippines’ Black Nazarene procession draws hundreds of thousands of devotees
Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ on Thursday in one of the world’s grandest displays of Catholic ...
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A Sea of Faith: 8 Million-Plus Devotees Join ‘Black Nazarene’ Procession in the Philippines
The procession, locally known as Translacion, sees devotees carry across Manila a 400-year-old, life-size statue of Jesus ...
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Nazareno 2025: PCG to deploy 1,100 staff to back security efforts
“We are expecting millions of devotees who will attend the series of activities during Black Nazarene Traslacion 2025,” Gavan said in a statement on Monday, January 6. “The PCG assists in ...