The tower of a church that got destroyed and buried by volcanic eruptions is frequented by visitors in Albay, a province more than 400 kilometers southeast of Manila.
No less than 950,000 Marian devotees joined the Traslacion in Naga, a city in the province of Camarines Sur about 400 kilometers south of Manila, the Philippines' capital.
"All of us are sinners," he said in Filipino. "We are not perfect, right. Do not do unto others what you do not want others do unto you. It's just a golden rule."