The late Filipino priest and theologian Sabino Vengco said in 2019 the statue’s revered black ... commemorates the transfer of the Black Nazarene from a church inside the old Spanish colonial ...

The Black Nazarene procession in Manila ... 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 ...

"I tell him (Black Nazarene) all my problems ... believing that touching the statue would bless them and heal their illnesses. Others broke through a barricade of policemen to move closer to ...

Millions of Filipino pilgrims swarm the Black Nazarene statue, seeking to touch it as it passes by. (Photo: Courtesy of Jahbee Cruz) The Black Nazarene, a wooden statue of Jesus Christ crowned ...

The annual procession, one of the largest displays of Catholic devotion worldwide, commemorates the transfer of the revered Black Nazarene statue of Jesus Christ along a six-kilometer route ...

The Feast of Jesus Nazareno, or the Black Nazarene, commemorates the transfer of the life-sized statue to its current home at Quiapo Church in Manila. The centuries-old image carrying a cross is ...

Philippines' Black Nazarene Procession Draws Hundreds of Thousands ... in the Philippines on Thursday of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ in one of the world's grandest displays of Catholic ...