"Uphold the truth and ensure that justice prevails.” This was the appeal of some Catholic bishops who form the organization of Caritas Philippines after more than two-thirds of members of the House of ...

For 2025, the fair boasts an abundance of visual and multi-sensorial treats for everyone. Lengthening days signal the end of ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno, popularly known as Quiapo Church, has a new ...

I have given many interviews and op-eds already on the devotion of Filipinos to Jesus Nazareno. But I believe one of the most comprehensive I have done came out recently (aside from my very first ...

Gaspar Espinocilla, a 56-year-old Manila city employee and a devotee of Jesus Nazareno for the last 20 years, said he is praying for his family, including his sister who has ovarian cancer.

THE first time I heard about the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area was when I tuned in to get an update on the Traslacion. The radio announcer expressed h ...

from Quirino Grandstand to the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno, famously known as Quiapo Church, in Manila. When the image of Jesus reached the San Sebastian Church midway 15 ...

MANILA, Philippines — More than eight million devotees participated in the 2025 Feast of Jesus Nazareno, with about four million of them joining the procession on Thursday, Quiapo Church ...

I started with the Nazareno devotees or "mamamasan" of nearby Pandacan, Manila in 2014. When I interviewed them, they explained how "pamamasan" and "pagsampa" actually work, not as frenzied chaos, but ...

Devotees climb on a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession on Thursday in Manila, Philippines. The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines — Some 1 ...

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