Spanish pets blessed by priests in annual ritual
Madrid, Spain Reuters Hundreds of Spanish pet owners took their animals to church on Tuesday where Catholic priests blessed them on the Day of St Anthony the Abbott, the patron saint of animals. Priest Antonio Dominguez, 67, blesses a dog with flowers soaked with holy water at San Antonio Abad Church during celebrations on the […]
Horses jump bonfires as Spain’s purification ceremony returns after pandemic break
San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain Reuters About a hundred horses jumped through bonfires in a purification ceremony on Sunday during the Spanish festival of “Las Luminarias”, which was held for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The traditional nighttime celebration takes place in San Bartolome de Pinares every 16th January, the […]