Pope Francis discussed in a Jan. 30 audience with seminarians and formators how his mother put up quite a bit of resistance ...

The San Jose Earthquakes will be partnering with local nonprofit El Camino Health, expanding its health and wellness program in South Bay schools. The Earthquakes announced that they will have a multi ...

SAN MATEO – Father Joseph Bradley, a beloved member of the Junipero Serra High School community and author of a brutally honest memoir on overcoming substance abuse, died Tuesday, according to school ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Sunday that disciplinary sanctions are still in effect against the first-ever cardinal ...

The World Monuments Fund has chosen the Zaragoza town among 25 worldwide locations for which it will raise funds. The 1937 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The once-powerful archbishop of Lima, Peru and the first-ever cardinal of Opus Dei acknowledged Saturday ...

Madrid church douses pets with holy water A priest blesses a dog at San Anton Church during celebrations on the feast of Spain's patron saint of animals, Saint Anthony, in Madrid, Spain on Jan 17 ...

A priest blesses a dog at San Anton Church during celebrations on the feast of Spain's patron saint of animals, Saint Anthony, in Madrid, Spain, January 17, 2025. REUTERS/Juan Medina TPX IMAGES OF ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MADRID (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 Catholic priest in ...