This is the chaotic moment Catholics clamoured to touch a black Jesus statue at an annual festival in the Philippines. Footage shows the sea of devotees dressed in maroon and gold jockeying to climb ...
The procession marks the feast of Jesus Nazareno and is a major annual Catholic event in Asia. The image was previously called the Black Nazarene, but church officials appealed for a change, saying ...
known locally as “Traslacion,” sees devotees carry across Manila a replica of a famous life-size statue of Jesus carrying a black wooden cross. The Philippines and East Timor are the only ...
From the Gospel according to John 19:19-20: Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the Cross; it read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews". Many of the Jews read this title, for the place ...
Filipinos turned the streets of Manila to a sea of maroon and gold and swarmed the “Black Nazarene,” a life-sized image of Jesus Christ bearing down a cross, as devotees jostled for a chance ...
The miraculous statue of Jesus Christ carrying a cross enshrined in the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno in Quiapo, Manila has become a symbol of struggle and faith for many ...
The image was previously called the Black Nazarene ... 15 patients had to be brought to hospital. The statue of Jesus carrying the cross was brought to the Philippines from Mexico on a galleon ...