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

Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ on Thursday in one of the world’s grandest displays of Catholic ...

More than eight million people participated in one way or another in the Traslacion. That’s 55 percent of Metro Manila’s ...

The Traslacion of the Black Nazarene is oftentimes linked with “popular piety” or “people’s spirituality.” Held every 9th of ...

The “Pahalik” or the kissing of the image of the Black Nazarene is slated to start Monday evening, Jan. 6, after the Mass for the Volunteers. At midnight on Thursday, Jan. 9, Manila Archbishop ...

Columbus Middle School eighth-grader Michelle Riege, right, accepts a certificate for winning the school's spelling bee in ...

Kapamilya artists Coco Martin, McCoy de Leon and Angeline Quinto joined the rest of the Catholics in celebrating the Feast of ...

The traslacion commemorates the historic transfer of the Black Nazarene image from its old home in Intramuros, Manila, to the Minor Basilica of the Nazarene, or Quiapo Church. It is held annually ...

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

MANILA, Philippines — One of the ushers in Quirino Grandstand assigned to guide the overflowing devotees has to remind them repeatedly to just touch the feet and the cross of Jesús Nazareno ...