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Article: Roman Catholic Church And The Last Days
About 1.5 million Filipino Roman Catholics marched the streets of Manila for the annual Black Nazarene procession, carrying a centuries-old life-sized statue of Jesus and praying for miracles, from Saturday morning through early Sunday. Shoeless men and women carried the statue, called the Black Nazarene, through the capital city's narrow streets, covering a distance of about 4.5 miles to reach the downtown Quiapo church, also known as the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, at about 2 a.m. Sunday, according to AFP.
Filipino Catholics believe the statue of Jesus has mystical powers capable of miracles in their lives if they wipe a white towel with it. "If family members get sick we would give them sponge baths with it [the towel or handkerchief]. That way we wouldn't spend money on doctors," a devotee, Dang Villacorta, was quoted as saying
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