MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The procession marks the feast of Jesus Nazareno and is a major annual Catholic event in Asia.

Some 1.8 million mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Thursday in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a centuries-old black statue ... with face of Jesus Nazareno.

The statue was finally brought inside the Minor ... who was wearing a maroon T-shirt printed with the face of Jesus Nazareno. “It is ours, not theirs.” Renato Reyes, a garbage scavenger ...

“I hope China will ease up on us, they cannot seize everything as theirs,” said Gaspar, who was wearing a maroon T-shirt printed with face of ... The statue of Jesus carrying the cross was ...

A story disputed by historians claims that when a Spanish explorer first saw Mount Shasta, he dubbed it “Jesus and ... of this statue is just another slap in the face to some of us who have ...