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Parading through Manila, barefoot

March 10, 2017Agence France-Presse

MANILA, Jan 9 (Reuters) — Hundreds of thousands of devotees thronged the streets of Manila on Friday as a centuries old black statue of Jesus Christ, believed to have healing powers, was taken out in an annual procession. The wooden Black Nazarene, carved in Mexico and brought to the Philippines in the early 17th century, […]

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