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 ...

The procession, locally known as Translacion, sees devotees carry across Manila a 400-year-old, life-size statue of Jesus ...

Hundreds of thousands of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Thursday in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a centuries-old black statue of Jesus. Some said they prayed ...

The procession's organisers have estimated ... Nearly 80% of Filipinos identify as Roman Catholic, a key legacy of Spanish colonisation in the Philippine archipelago for more than 300 years.

Others broke through a barricade of policemen to move closer to the procession early in the march. Nearly 80% of Filipinos identify as Roman Catholic, a key legacy of Spanish colonisation in the ...