On today’s feast day of St. Francis, many Catholics will bring their pets in for a special blessing 🐶🐈‍🐇 

The saint, renowned for his love of animals, has a vision about animals and pets that was quite different from what we think nowadays.

https://theconversation.com/birds-worms-rabbits-francis-of-assisi-was-said-to-have-loved-them-all-but-todays-pet-blessings-on-his-feast-day-might-have-seemed-strange-to-the-13th-century-saint-211865

#pets #CatsOfMastodon #DogsOfMastodon

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 @c11fa870 What an interesting article.  Thanks for sharing.🐶