animal welfare
Animal cruelty officer-turned-animal chaplain Matty Giuliano loves ferrets and St. Francis
By Kathryn Post — April 18, 2024
EATONTOWN, N.J. (RNS) — ‘I know there are plenty of people out there who believe animals have no souls,’ said Giuliano. ‘And I cannot accept one of God’s creation is, spiritually, the equivalent of a cup of ice cream.’
Birds, worms, rabbits: Francis of Assisi was said to have loved them all – but today’s pet blessings on his feast day might have seemed strange to the 13th century saint
By Mary Dzon — October 3, 2023
(The Conversation) — Medieval monastics were often discouraged from owning companion animals, which were viewed as a distraction, a religion scholar explains.
Ruling brings kosher slaughterhouse new business, old fears
By Justin Spike — January 28, 2021
(AP) — The European Union’s highest court upheld a law in Belgium’s Flanders region prohibiting slaughtering animals without first stunning them into unconsciousness.
The prominent evangelical woman you don’t know…but should
By Jonathan Merritt — November 5, 2014
She was a bestselling author and powerful advocate for education of the poor who transformed Britain's upper class and helped end the slave trade. Thanks to a new biography, you no longer have an excuse for not knowing who she is.
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