The church has received ' serious threats , ' a presidential spokesman says . The annual Catholic festival draws millions of devotees . The Feast of the Black Nazarene is an annual Catholic festival in the Philippines during which millions of devotees join a procession centered around a wooden statue of Jesus Christ . The president ordered security forces to beef up security . The crowd is said to come from a Muslim autonomous region of the country .
The church has received ' serious threats , ' a presidential spokesman says . The annual Catholic festival draws millions of devotees . The president ordered security forces to beef up security . The crowd is said to come from a Muslim autonomous region of the country .