Filipinos' devotion is heroic but it needs to be purified.
Joe Torres, UCA News Manila Reporter - Activities el Mon, Jan 18th 2016
There is no stopping Julian Vincent Mendoza, a 30-year-old father of three, from fulfilling a vow he made seven years ago. He, along his wife and three children, wade through a sea of bodies, all devotees of the Black Nazarene in Manila’s Quiapo district.Julian’s aim, like that of the mammoth crowd of about nine million at this year's feast, is to touch the statue