MADRID, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Dozens of dogs and cats, a few parrots and a chicken queued up alongside their owners outside a church in Madrid on Friday, waiting their turn to be blessed by a ...

Several Protestant rooms for preaching the (iospel have been opened at Madrid, and it is now proposed to erect the First Protestant Church. In connection with the historical importance of this ...

Who's a Very Good Boy? Madrid Church Douses Pets With Holy Water By Michael Francis Gore MADRID (Reuters) - Dozens of dogs and cats, a few parrots and a chicken queued up alongside their owners ...

On the steps of the baroque Church of St Anthony, 87-year-old priest Angel Garcia sprinkled holy water on the creatures, wishing them good health as well as happiness for their owners. Some ...

MADRID - Dozens of dogs and cats, a few parrots and a chicken queued up alongside their owners outside a church in Madrid on Friday, waiting their turn to be blessed by a Catholic priest in a popular ...

Madrid church douses pets with holy water In Spain, the feast day of Saint Anthony the Abbot celebrates pets, as the third-century Egyptian hermit is venerated as a patron saint of animals. Reuters ...