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

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

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

Cebu City DPS reported collecting 202.3 tons of basura for 2024 Sinulog! These unsegregated basura ended up in unsanitary landfills of both cities. You can imagine how much filth, stench, harm and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than eight million people participated in one way or another in the Traslacion. That’s 55 percent of Metro Manila’s population of over 14 million (as of 20 ...

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 ...

Festivals and religious practices have long been integral to the Filipino identity, deeply intertwined with the nation's ...