Philippines – Surprisingly, corwds of devotees filled the Quiapo region for Traslacion 2021 in spite of the pandemic and the abrogation of the customary Black Nazarene parade, authorities of the City of Manila affirmed Saturday. In view of this, Gen. Leo Francisco, Manila Police District boss as of 9:30 a.m., five hours after celebration exercises started for the afternoon, an …

The parochial vicar of Quiapo Church prevented devotees from attending the Black Nazarene Feast Day as it guards against the spread of COVID-19. Instead, he encouraged Filipino Catholics to attend the festivities in their local parish or at home. For the feast day, only 30 percent of the seating capacity of the Quiapo Church or 300 people is authorized. The …