Pet owners in Madrid had their animals blessed at Saint Anthony Church, a tradition believed to bring health and protection, celebrating St. Anthony’s feast day. View on euronews ...

Give us the words that we need to praise you always. With the help and through the prayers of your mother. You who are blessed throughout the ages. Amen. Behold the Cross Behold the Cross of the Lord!

The blessing of the animals is a long-time Catholic ... cats and the occasional parrot on the feast day of St. Anthony the Abbot, considered the patron saint of animals. A few parishioners dress ...

Italian farmers, who are among this year’s pilgrims of hope for the 2025 Jubilee, brought their animals to the Vatican on Friday to be blessed by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti on the feast of St ...

Monsignor Terrence “Terry” Watanabe presides over a blessing of Catholic Charities Hawai‘i’s new Maui Support Center, which provides counseling services and other assistance to first responders ...

Blessings for Dogs? Bring Them to Mexico City's Cathedral and St. Anthony Will Do the Rest MEXICO CITY (AP) — Behaving at their best, a dozen dogs attended Mass at Mexico City’s cathedral ...

PHOTOS: Blessings for dogs? Bring them to Mexico City's cathedral and St. Anthony will do the rest Rocky, a black, poodle-looking dog, came with owner Naydelin Aguilar. He was a gift from her ...