Millions of Filipino Catholics join the march every year to see and touch Jesus Nazareno, believed to be a source of countless healings and miracles throughout the years. Just as the woman ...

Jiggy Manicad was then given a blessed and prayed-over handkerchief by the hand of the "Poong Jesus Nazareno." He gave the same handkerchief to the cancer patient on his travel back to the USA.

Key Points Data from the Nazareno Operations Center reported that this year’s Traslacion, which saw over 8 million attendees, was marked by numerous incidents as devotees attempted to get closer ...

Locals who managed to come close wiped handkerchiefs and towels on the carriage believing the religious image would imbue them with miraculous properties. The Feast of Jesus Nazareno is a grand ...

(AP Photo/Basilio Sepe) Devotees grab the rope as they pull a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

The changes also hurt vendors selling religious items such as miniature Black Nazarene statues, handkerchiefs, and other religious items near the Nazareno Church. Lieutenant Colonel Nerfe Valmoria ...

RELIGIOUS FERVOR. The andas (carriage) carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno starts moving through a crowd of devotees at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila at 4:40 a.m. on Thursday (Jan. 9, 2025) on its ...

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

starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday and finally getting to touch and wipe the image with their handkerchiefs at past 3 a.m. the next day. For her, enduring this is but a small sacrifice for all the peace, ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Feast of Jesus Nazareno is a big opportunity for many business owners in Quiapo to make ends meet due to millions of devotees attending the event. However, these small ...

(He would leave me in a place and he would wipe his handkerchief [on the image of Jesus Nazareno]. He would give it back to me. He would wipe it on me.) Angcajas recalled that he used to have an ...

In 2023, devotees were allowed to touch the image of Jesus Nazareno using a towel or handkerchief. While the Pahalik is already closed to devotees, the Traslacion or the procession of the image of ...