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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

THIS Thursday, January 9, we will once again witness the unwavering faith and dedication of millions of devotees participating in the Feast of the Black Nazaren ...

The Black Nazarene arrived at Plaza Miranda around ... will get them closer to achieving their prayers. Devotees vie to touch the Kanang Balikat, or the rope to the side of the image’s right ...

Cardinal David, who studied at the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem, is considered one of the leading ...

Some Black Nazarene devotees in Quiapo shared that they ... ill-gotten wealth and undeserved power and prestige. “May You touch our needy people, through our Holy Spirit, to realize that You ...

The late priest Catalino Arevalo, SJ, who is considered as the “Father of Asian Theology”, stated that “looking at how deeply devoted the people are to the Black Nazarene, we can really say ...