Tens of thousands barefoot Filipino Catholic devotees jostled for a chance to touch a black statue of Jesus in an annual procession Wednesday, seeking blessings or forgiveness for their sins.
About 700 police secured the square outside a church in the downtown Quiapo district, where plainclothes officers pulled a cart carrying a replica of the 401-year-old statue of the Black Nazarene amid a sea of devotees. Again, I find it interesting that despite other cultures embracing the truth, the European image of Christ still prevails. There is conflict even among Filipinos.


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