Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries-old statue of ... life-sized image of Jesus Christ bearing down a cross, as devotees ...

At least 15 patients had to be brought to hospital. The statue of Jesus carrying the cross was brought to the Philippines from Mexico on a galleon in 1606 by Spanish missionaries. The ship that ...

CITY OF ILAGAN — Showing his faith to the black statue of Jesus Christ carrying a cross, 29-year-old Ryan Rodel Esteban of this city endured walking without slippers from poblacion to Alibagu village ...

MANILA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines on Thursday of a centuries-old statue ... of Jesus Christ bearing down a cross ...