FROM being limited to the City of Manila, the Feast of the Jesus Nazareno is now officially set to go nationwide. This is ...

A total of 9,404 devotees have visited the Quirino Grandstand in Manila for the first day of the“pahalik,” the religious activity of kissing and touching the image of Jesus Nazarene. According to the ...

BECAUSE I studied the Traslacion for a graduate dissertation, I have given many interviews and op-eds already on the devotion ...

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

Several roads in the City of Manila will be closed starting at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 8, ahead of Thursday’s Traslacion, the traditional grand procession of the image of Jesus Nazarene. The Manila ...

The procession marks the feast of Jesus Nazareno and is a major annual Catholic event in Asia. The image was previously called the Black Nazarene, but church officials appealed for a change, saying ...

MANILA, Philippines — Every year, the Feast of Jesus Nazareno draws thousands—if not millions of devotees—to the annual Traslacion, a procession that commemorates the transfer of the ...

The City of Manila announced on Wednesday that it will impose a liquor ban on Thursday, January 9 in observance of the Feast of the Jesus Nazareno. The liquor ban will be imposed within the 500-meter ...

MANILA, Philippines — Nazareno 2025 will mark the religious festival’s first celebration since it was declared a “national feast” to be observed in all dioceses across the country ...

A WEEK before the feast of Jesus Nazareno, the Quiapo Church is holding the blessing of the replicas of the iconic image of ...

PREPARATIONS for the Feast of Jesus Nazareno continue, with the "pahalik," a key event in the celebration, set to begin Jan. 7 at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila's Rizal Park. Organizers said the ...