From cats and dogs to a memorial prayer for a hissing cockroach, every animal brought to St. John's Episcopal Church in Wake Forest received a drive-thru blessing.

Before the pandemic, we would have upwards of 150 people attend the pet blessings, before the pet food was distributed. Pet blessing pre-pandemic “At the same time, we had to move the people ...

Behaving at their best, a dozen dogs attended Mass at Mexico City’s cathedral, waiting for their turn to be doused with holy water.

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Just as much of a fixture of the annual round for many parishes is a service of pet-blessing. Animals that, at least nominally, purport to be domesticated are ushered into churches across the land, ...

Pet owners in Madrid had their animals blessed at Saint Anthony Church, a tradition believed to bring health and protection, ...

The pastor applied a kiss, as well as anointing oil, to animals that were cooperative, as she conducted the annual Blessing of the Pets from noon to 2 p.m. at the pavilion of New Hope Presbyterian ...

The blessing of the animals is a long-time Catholic ... A few parishioners dress up their beloved pets with sweaters or scarves. But all pray to God and their four-legged friends’ patron to ...