CNA Newsroom, Jan 10, 2023 / 11:30 am
More than 100,000 faithful gathered to venerate the “Black Nazarene” in the Philippines after a two-year suspension of the traditional procession due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
The venerated image of the Black Nazarene was processed Jan. 8 from the Quirino Grandstand to St. John the Baptist church in Manila, also known as the “Church of Quiapo,” with an estimated 103,277 faithful participating.
This year, the procession — also called the “Translation” or “Walk of Faith” — took place from 1:30 a.m to 4 a.m. local time.
These two and a half hours contrasted with the 22 hours the event used to last before the pandemic, bringing together millions of Catholic faithful.