THIS year's "Traslacion," or the annual procession of the Black Nazarene — the statue of Jesus of Nazareth carrying his cross toward Calvary for his crucifixion — again reminded us of the serious ...

But I believe one of the most comprehensive I have done came out recently (aside from my very first column in The Manila Times entitled "Bayanihan and order in the Black Nazarene procession" on Jan.

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 ...

The Black Nazarene arrived at Plaza Miranda around 5:15 o’clock the next morning after leaving the Luneta Grandstand as one of the Ándas’ wheels broke early in the procession and the rope ...

MORE than a hundred police officers from the Regional Mobile Force Battalion in Central Visayas gathered at Camp Sotero Cabahug on Gorordo Avenue in Cebu City f ...

(Photo by Jsinglador / CC BY-SA 3.0) Filipinos will once again celebrate the Feast of the Black Nazarene January 9, with the grand procession concluding festivities that began on January 7.

Held annually on January 9 in the Quiapo district of Manila, this festival honors the Black Nazarene, or Hesus Nazareno, a full-sized statue of a dark-skinned statue of Jesus Christ carrying the cross ...

The Philippines' the largest religious festival yesterday drew millions of Catholics from all over the country from all walks of life to its procession to pray and pay homage to image of Jesus, ...

As the pope himself noted, there is always the danger of reducing popular piety to external rituals and superstition ...

Taking place each year in January, the procession sees devotees carry across Manila a replica of a famous life-size statue of Jesus carrying a black wooden cross. Cardinal Jaime Sin’s family ...