The rainy weather did not deter thousands of Filipino faithful from joining the Black Nazarene thanksgiving procession Monday. The thanksgiving procession started around 12 midnight from Plaza Miranda fronting Quiapo Church. Based on police estimates, around 70,000 devotees, mostly barefoot, joined the procession around the vicinity of church. Towel-waving devotees pushed and shoved in attempts to get near the carriage bearing the icon of the Black Nazarene, which they believe performs miracles. But the number of devotees got fewer as the procession came to end around 10 a.m. Despite the huge crowd, Msgr. Hernando "Ding" Coronel, rector of...
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