MADRID - Dozens of dogs and cats, a few parrots and a chicken queued up alongside their owners outside a church in Madrid on ...

Horses, cows, geese and other animals were brought into central Rome on Friday (January 17) to receive an annual blessing in front of the famous St Peter's Basilica.

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The ceremony took place on the steps outside the Saint Anthony Church in central Madrid where dogs and cats waited patiently to be sprinkled with holy water. (AP video by Iain Sullivan; Production by ...

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 ...

St. Anthony the Abbot — also known as St. Anthony of the Desert or St. Anthony the Great — was a fourth-century hermit known for his asceticism and is considered the father of Christian ...

St. Anthony Parish has undergone multiple transformations in its long history on Central Street, starting with its original, ...

That church was destroyed by a high wind or twister in 1896. The present-day Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic Church became an independent parish in September of 1908 and the Rev. P.U. Sasse was ...

Dozens of pet owners gathered outside Saint Anthony Church in central Madrid on Friday to have their animals blessed in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. Dogs and cats waited ...

In 1531 a "Lady from Heaven" appeared to Saint Juan Diego ... An incredible list of miracles, cures and interventions are attributed to Our Lady of Guadalupe. Each year an estimated 10 million ...

According to Saint Bonaventure she is also the one who guides to a landfall ... At the end of this sequence, the following poem-prayer is recited. If miracles thou vain would see; Lo, error, death, ...