30,000 motorcycle-riding Catholics are paying homage to Guatemala’s ‘Black Christ’

(AP Photo/Moises Castillo) Guatemala City (AFP) – Some 30,000 motorcycle-riding Catholics left the Guatemalan capital Saturday on a pilgrimage to the eastern city of Esquipulas to venerate the so-called Black Christ. The 140-mile (222-kilometer) journey ends with the devout paying homage to the Black Christ, an aged wooden likeness of Jesus grown dark over centuries. […]