This is the chaotic moment Catholics clamoured to touch a black Jesus statue at ... The Feast of Jesus Nazareno, or the Black Nazarene, commemorates the transfer of the life-sized statue to ...

Millions of Filipino pilgrims swarm the Black Nazarene statue, seeking to touch it as it passes by. (Photo: Courtesy of Jahbee Cruz) The Black Nazarene, a wooden statue of Jesus Christ crowned ...

Filipino Catholic devotees jostle one another to touch the Black Nazarene during its annual procession on Jan. 9, 2025, in Manila, Philippines. Credit: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images Rappler ...

Filipinos turned the streets of Manila to a sea of maroon and gold and swarmed the “Black Nazarene,” a life-sized image of Jesus Christ bearing down a cross, as devotees jostled for a chance ...

devotees should not kiss the feet of the Black Nazarene’s image, Nazareno 2025 spokesman Fr. Robert Arellano said. “We cannot stop the devotees... They should just touch the image and wipe ...

a devotee who waited for hours to touch the statue, told EFE. The procession began at dawn, moving the Black Nazarene statue from Quirino Grandstand to its permanent home in Quiapo Church in Manila.

Thousands of worshippers joined a mass as the religious Feast of the Black Nazarene festival continued ... route and jostle for a chance to touch the statue, which is said to have healing powers.

Filipinos turned the streets of Manila to a sea of maroon and gold and swarmed the "Black Nazarene", a life-sized image of Jesus Christ bearing down a cross, as devotees jostled for a chance to ...

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 ...