This is the chaotic moment Catholics clamoured to touch a black Jesus statue at an annual festival in the Philippines. Footage shows the sea of devotees dressed in maroon and gold jockeying to ...

The late Filipino priest and theologian Sabino Vengco said in 2019 the statue’s revered black color was due to ... greed and vices and follow the teachings of Jesus Christ.

MANILA – At least 1.8 million mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Thursday in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a centuries-old black statue of Jesus. Some said ...

Barefoot men and women in maroon shirts – the colour of the robe that covers the black, wooden Jesus of Nazarene statue – scrambled to grab the rope used to draw the life-sized religious icon ...