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OF ST. FRANCIS — The church blesses animals
on October 4, the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint
of animals and the environment. “Francis knew what we are
only now discovering,” writes Joan Chittister, OSB. “In
our time, the science that separated us from nature is now declaring
that animals, too, have intelligence, have emotions, have needs
like ours." (Photo of Perdy and Linus by M. Weber)
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