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Blessings for dogs? Bring them to Mexico City’s cathedral and St. Anthony will do the rest
Behaving at their best, a dozen dogs attended Mass at Mexico City’s cathedral, waiting for their turn to be doused with holy ...
Who's a very good boy? Madrid church douses pets with holy water
Dozens of dogs and cats, a few parrots and a chicken queued up alongside their owners outside a church in Madrid on Friday, ...
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Italian farmers come to the Vatican for blessing of animals
Italian farmers brought their animals to the Vatican on Friday to be blessed by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti on the feast of St.
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It's World Pizza Day: from Italy to the conquest of the world
As for the date, it wasn’t chosen randomly. 17 January coincides with the feast of St. Anthony Abbot, the patron saint of ...
AP PHOTOS: In Spanish village, horses leap through flames in centuries-old ritual
On a chilly January night, hundreds of people gathered on the steep and narrow cobblestoned streets of San Bartolome de ...
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Feast of St Anthony the Abbot in Xagħra
The Church yesterday celebrated the liturgical feast of St Anthony the Abbot, patron saint of animals. Xagħra celebrates the feast of St Anthony, tomorrow. Today, the eve of the feast ...
Rome street becomes a farmyard for St. Anthony's animal blessing
The street leading to St. Peter's Square is turned into a farmyard for St. Anthony's blessing of animals :: January 17, 2025: ...
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Blessings for dogs? Bring them to Mexico City's cathedral and St. Anthony will do the rest
On this day, Mexican Catholic congregations and priests welcome pups, cats and the occasional parrot on the feast day of St. Anthony the Abbot, considered the patron saint of animals. A few ...