Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims participated in the annual procession of the Black Nazarene statue in Manila, Philippines. Devotees believe touching the statue or the rope used to carry it can grant miracles and good health.
Thousands of Catholic devotees walk along the statue of the Black Nazarene as it leaves a park following a mass during the annual religious procession in Manila on January 9, 2025. Manila , Philippines —Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims swarmed the streets of Manila in search of a miracle Thursday, straining to reach a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ in an annual display of religious fervor.
But he vowed to try again Thursday—this time to see his wife healed of gallstones. “The Nazarene is very sacred. It has granted many prayers,” he added. While authorities have banned devotees from climbing on the carriage, some still clambered over other attendees, risking life and limb to be near the religious icon.
The life-sized wooden statue was brought to the Philippines in the early 1600s shortly after the start of the Spanish colonial conquest.
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