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

After discovering the ancient artwork in a suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece, the man surrendered it to the police. Authorities are analyzing the statue and investigating why it was abandoned ...

A youngster performed an epic majorette dance at a street fiesta in the Philippines. Melvin Rio Protacio, 24, followed the tail of the Black Nazarene procession and did a baton twirling routine with a ...

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

With their sparkling embroideries and colorful sashes flapping in the frigid wind, hundreds of Guatemalan faithful flocked to ...

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

Show more Show less The black statue of Jesus of Nazarene leaves a park following a mass during an annual religious procession in Manila on Thursday Devotees carry the religious icon during a ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The procession marks the feast of Jesus Nazareno and is a major annual Catholic event in Asia.

An estimated eight million devotees turned out for this year’s Jesus Nazarene procession in Manila, one of the largest ...

The image was previously called the Black Nazarene, but church officials appealed ... crawled along the 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) route. The statue was finally brought inside the Minor Basilica ...

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 ...

"I tell him (Black Nazarene) all my problems ... believing that touching the statue would bless them and heal their illnesses. Others broke through a barricade of policemen to move closer to ...