Nazarene devotees hijack Mass, take Nazarene image

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SUFFERING CHRIST. Millions of devotees see in the Black Nazarene a symbol of their own sufferings. Photo by Franz Lopez/Rappler

On Thursday, January 9, the feast of the Black Nazarene, a group of devout followers breached security barriers, rushed to the stage, and took the reportedly miraculous image before the Mass ended. It happened minutes before Communion, the part of the Mass in which Catholics receive round wafers believed to be the real body of Christ – himself the Black Nazarene. This forced Tagle to retreat to a room for priests and their guests, and there, finish the Mass, which Catholics consider the highest form of worship. The parish priest of Quiapo Church told Rappler it was the first time devotees did this.

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