Over 6 million people turn up for Nazarene feast in Manila
Devotees join the annual procession of the Black Nazarene in Manila, Jan. 9, 2024. JOSE SANTOS/PRESSONE.PH By CBCP News January 10, 2024 Manila, Philippines Catholic devotees, estimated to be in the millions, turned up for this year’s feast of the Black Nazarene in Manila. A mammoth crowd, mostly barefoot devotees, packed the city’s streets to witness the traditional procession or
Pope Francis at audience: Gluttony is perhaps the most dangerous vice
Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his Wednesday general audience on Jan. 10, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jan 10, 2024 / 09:45 am (CNA). In the third installment of his catechetical series on vice and virtue, Pope Francis on Wednesday focused on the sin of gluttony, noting that the vice is not about “food in itself, but on
Pope Francis confirms new head of Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
The Vatican on Jan. 10, 2024, announced the confirmation of the election of a new head of the Syro-Malabar Church, the largest Eastern Catholic church in India, Bishop Raphael Thattil. / Credit: Jpullokaran, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, Jan 10, 2024 / 10:15 am (CNA). Pope Francis has confirmed a new head of the Syro-Malabar Church, the
Argentine nuns now living in Vatican monastery that was Pope Benedict’s last residence
Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican. / Credit: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 9, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA). Vatican City has new tenants: seven nuns from Argentina who, at the request of Pope Francis, will live in Mater Ecclesiae (“Mother of the Church”), the monastery where Pope Benedict XVI resided for almost
Black Nazarene procession in the Philippines draws millions after returning from COVID
A Catholic devotee kisses the glass cover of the Black Nazarene statue during the annual procession for the feast of the Black Nazarene in Manila, Philippines, on Jan. 9, 2024. Hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful swarmed a historic statue of Jesus Christ as it was pulled through the streets of the Philippine capital in one of the world’s biggest
Manila archdiocese asks Vatican to designate Jan. 9 as nat’l feast of the Black Nazarene
Devotees are waving towels at the start of the Black Nazarene procession at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Jan. 9, 2024. ROY LAGARDE By Roy Lagarde January 9, 2024 Manila, Philippines The head pastor of Quiapo Church has disclosed a proposal to declare January 9 of every year as the national feast of the Black Nazarene. Fr. Rufino “Jun” Sescon,