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

Thousands of Orthodox Christians marked the feast day of Epiphany on Sunday with a traditional dip into icy water.

Thousands of Mexican parishioners took their pets to church on Friday to receive a blessing on the feast day of St. Anthony the Abbot, patron saint of animals, so that they would have “divine ...

Thousands of Mexican parishioners took their pets to church on Friday to receive a blessing on the feast day of St. Anthony the Abbot, patron saint of animals, so that they would have “divine ...

Agios Athanasios was born in Alexandria in 296, and from his early childhood, he was inclined to spiritual life. He was a ...

Italian farmers brought their animals to the Vatican on Friday to be blessed by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti on the feast of St.

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

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

The Rijeka Carnival raises its flag today, Friday, January 17, to signal the start of seven weeks of revelry. Traditionally kicking off on the Feast Day of St Anthony, the largest Mardi Gras of its ...

Law President, National Catholic Writers’ Association According to legend, St. Sebastian was born at Narbonne, in Gaul. He became a soldier in Rome and encouraged Marcellian and Marcus, who were ...

According to Saint Athanasius, the devil fought Agios Antonios by afflicting him with boredom, laziness (akedia), and the phantoms of women, which he overcame ...