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

THIS year's 'Traslacion,' or the annual procession of the Black Nazarene — the statue of Jesus of Nazareth carrying his cross ...

Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries ... of maroon and gold and swarmed the “Black Nazarene,” a life-sized image of Jesus ...

The Black Nazarene procession in Manila, Philippines, which annually attracts one of the world’s largest crowds for a religious devotion, attracted hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic ...

"I tell him (Black Nazarene) all my problems ... blackened image was due to a fire on the ship that carried it to the Philippines from Mexico in the early 17th century. The procession, called ...

This is the heroic moment a stray dog was rescued amid a crowd of devotees during the Nazarene festival in the Philippines.

Philippines' Black Nazarene Procession Draws Hundreds of Thousands of Devotees By Jay Ereno MANILA (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the ...

"I tell him (Black Nazarene) all my problems ... debunking a longstanding myth its blackened image was due to a fire on the ship that carried it to the Philippines from Mexico in the early 17th ...

MANILA, Philippines — On Jan. 9, more than 8 million mostly barefoot Filipino devotees filled the streets of Manila for the annual “Black Nazarene” procession, one of the world’s largest ...