Filipino Catholics pray for good health and peace in huge procession venerating Jesus statue
Manila, Philippines AP Some 1.8 million mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Thursday in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a centuries-old black statue of Jesus. Some said they prayed for good health for their families, an end to tensions in the South China Sea, and for incoming US President Donald Trump to be […]
Filipino Catholics pray for Middle East peace in massive procession venerating a black statue of Jesus
Manila Philippines AP A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Tuesday in an annual procession in the Philippines’ capital that paraded a centuries-old black statue of Jesus. Many said they prayed for peace in the Middle East, where tens of thousands of Filipinos work, as fears rise of a spread of the Israel-Hamas war, […]
Philippines’ Black Nazarene feast draws hundreds of thousands of devotees
Manila, The Philippines Reuters The streets of the Philippine capital turned into a sea of maroon and yellow on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of Catholic devotees joined a procession in honour of the Black Nazarene in Asia’s largest Catholic nation. The centuries-old tradition of paying homage to the black wooden statue of Jesus Christ, […]
Filipino Catholics hold big procession after pandemic eases
Manila, Philippines AP Thousands of Catholic devotees, many donning protective masks and bearing candles, joined a night procession through downtown Manila early Sunday to venerate a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ, which was not paraded to discourage an even larger crowd amid lingering fears of COVID-19. The more than 80,000 devotees who church officials […]
Philippines cancels ‘Black Nazarene’ parade again on COVID-19 concerns
Manila, The Philippines Reuters Philippine authorities have cancelled an annual procession, which normally draws millions of Catholic devotees accompanying a black wooden statue of Jesus Christ through the streets of Manila, for a second straight year due to coronavirus concerns. The government’s coronavirus task force cancelled the “Black Nazerene” procession, which is one of the […]