SAN BARTOLOME DE PINARES, Spain (AP) — Horses galloped through towering flames on Friday in a centuries-old annual tradition in the Spanish village of San Bartolome de Pinares to honor St. Anthony the ...

St. Francis of Assisi, also known as "Father Francis," was an Italian religious figure and mystic from the 12th and 13th centuries, revered as the patron saint of animals and ecology. His life was ...

San Francisco pet owners gathered outside the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption for the annual Blessing of the Animals, a tradition rooted in the celebration of the Feast of St. Francis of ...

A priest anoints a dog at the San Anton church during the feast of Saint Anthony, Spain's patron saint of animals in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Jan 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) SAN BARTOLOME DE ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Monday marked the feast of St. Francis of Assisi who is the Patron Saint of Animals and the Environment. Churches in our area and across the globe invited parishioners to ...

SAN BARTOLOME DE PINARES, Spain – Hundreds of Spaniards watched horses gallop through towering flames, hours before pet owners in Madrid on Jan. 17 took their dogs and cats to church to be blessed ...