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 population of over 14 million (as of 20 ...

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

(UPDATE) HUNDREDS of thousands of Catholic pilgrims swarmed the streets of Manila in search of a miracle on Thursday ... robe that covers the black, wooden Jesus the Nazarene statue — scrambled ...

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 ...

Show more Show less The black statue of Jesus of Nazarene leaves a park following ... swarmed the streets of Manila in search of a miracle on Thursday, straining to reach a centuries-old statue ...