“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless societies.” -Karl Marx EVERY year after the end of the six- kilometer long trek that commemorates the transfer in 1787 of the Black Nazarene from the Recollect seminary in Intramuros (the old walled city ) to Quiapo [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Black Nazarene’
Fanaticism…
Posted in Vantage Point, tagged Black Nazarene, CMFR, Lito Zulueta, religion, UP, UST on January 12, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Devotion
Posted in Vantage Point, tagged Black Nazarene, Roman Catholic Church on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales criticized the “excessive devotion” of millions of Filipino Catholics to the Black Nazarene. Living lives of simplicity and selflessness, said the Cardinal, would constitute real devotion, rather than the mad rush to get on or near the carriage bearing the statue of the dark Christ so one can kiss the [...]
