Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales has disapproved of the "excessive" devotion shown by thousands of Catholics who virtually mobbed the Black Nazarene icon during its annual procession and in the process, hurt each other.
At least two people died and about 400 were injured last Saturday in which as many as four million people were estimated by police to have participated in the five-kilometer procession from the Luneta to Quiapo Church in Manila.
“Some of what we saw was an excessive expression of faith. There are many impurities that need cleansing,” said Rosales on Saturday night after the 15-hour procession.
“We still have a long way to go and there are many things to purify even in religious matters, because there are excesses,” he said.
“Another way of showing excess of faith is when you do it only for yourself, which should not be,” he said.
At least two people died and about 400 were injured last Saturday in which as many as four million people were estimated by police to have participated in the five-kilometer procession from the Luneta to Quiapo Church in Manila.
“Some of what we saw was an excessive expression of faith. There are many impurities that need cleansing,” said Rosales on Saturday night after the 15-hour procession.
“We still have a long way to go and there are many things to purify even in religious matters, because there are excesses,” he said.
“Another way of showing excess of faith is when you do it only for yourself, which should not be,” he said.
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