Thousands of Catholics in the Philippines joined the Santo Niño procession in honor of the Child Jesus on Jan. 5.
The “Walk with Jesus” procession in the Visayas region in the central Philippines started at 4 am from a grandstand to the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño in downtown Cebu City. The theme of the 458th celebration is “Santo Niño: Our source of peace in the walk of faith.”
Catholics brought replicas of Child Jesus dressed in different costumes, depicting various professions in the country.
Local media, quoting the Cebu City police, said that more than 300,000 devotees joined the procession.
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