Festivals are prime manifestations of the Filipino’s fervent devotion and faith characterized by history, artistry, creativity, and passion. “Viva Pit Senyor” and “Viva Senyor Hesus Nazareno” ...

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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 ...

Faith makes people weak and unfree.” These are some of the things in the discourse every time the Procession for the Jesus Nazareno (also known as the Black Nazarene) comes annually every 9 January. I ...

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 ...

Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past three days.

It is followed by another maroon event in January: the Traslacion of the Black Nazarene. The varsity team of the University of the Philippines (UP) is called the UP Fighting Maroons. UP’s teams ...

Now that some clinicians have established that there is an identifiable patterns to PAS, they face a new challenge. What is still unknown is how widespread psychological problems are among women ...

The annual Black Nazarene procession in Manila attracts hundreds of thousands of Catholic devotees. Participants jostle to touch the revered statue, believed to bless and heal. The event underscores ...

A devotee shows a miniature statue of the Black Nazarene during the annual feast of the Black Nazarene in Manila, the Philippines, Jan. 9, 2025. Thousands of devotees of the Black Nazarene flocked to ...