pets
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.’
More Americans pray in their car than in a place of worship, survey finds
By Adelle M. Banks — May 4, 2023
(RNS) — A distinct majority of those who pray (87%) said they believed they’d received an answer to their prayers in the last 12 months.
New e-course teaches: Copy cats and achieve purrvana
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 25, 2021
(RNS) — ‘I’ve gone looking for wisdom, beauty, and truth wherever it can be found. And this past year I‘ve found myself learning most of all from my cats,’ said author Jon M. Sweeney about his new e-course called ‘The Spirituality of Cats.’
Atheists prefer cats, Christians love dogs, study shows
By Ryan Burge — January 7, 2020
(RNS) — New questions on the General Social Survey reveal some interesting connections between faith and pets.
‘A Dog’s Journey’ brings Bruce Cameron’s Bailey back to life — and back again
By Paul O'Donnell — May 17, 2019
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — 'A Dog’s Journey' plumbs dark topics, including domestic abuse, alcohol abuse and child abandonment as a route to portray redemption and forgiveness.
It’s time for evangelicals to speak up for animals (COMMENTARY)
By Kirsten Powers — October 1, 2015
The “Every Living Thing” initiative will begin a yearlong effort to engage Christians in dialogue around the biblical mandate to care for animals.
Before pronouncing Fido in heaven, let’s consider human creatures
By Jacob Lupfer — December 22, 2014
(RNS) — It is at the supermarket, not the pearly gates, where we grapple with pressing ethical and theological dilemmas about nonhuman animals.
Sorry, Fido. Pope Francis did NOT say our pets are going to heaven
By David Gibson — December 12, 2014
(RNS) The New York Times was the biggest of several outlets relating an apocryphal tale about pets, paradise, and Pope Francis. Here's how, and why, it happened.
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