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Filipino Catholics pray for good health and peace in huge procession venerating Jesus statue
Police reported 604 people suffering minor injuries as of Thursday afternoon. The statue of Jesus carrying the cross was brought to the Philippines from Mexico on a galleon in 1606 by Spanish ...
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Catholics clamour to touch black Jesus statue at Nazarene festival
The Feast of Jesus Nazareno, or the Black Nazarene, commemorates the transfer of the life-sized statue to its current home at Quiapo Church in Manila. The centuries-old image carrying a cross is ...
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A Sea of Faith: 8 Million-Plus Devotees Join ‘Black Nazarene’ Procession in the Philippines
life-size statue of Jesus Christ carrying a black wooden cross. Millions of Filipino Catholics join the march every year to see and touch Jesus Nazareno, believed to be a source of countless ...