New York's Animals Attend Annual Blessing

Over the weekend, animals of all kinds headed to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine for the annual animal blessing, which marked the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. Seems like there were a few familiar faces from last year (we're lookin' at you, camel), as well as some newbies. The Columbia Spectator was on hand, and reports that the room was filled with yelps and barks as Reverend James Kowalski delivered the sermon to the pack of unusual churchgoers--there was even a yak and a caribou reindeer!

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That monkey is so fuzzy and cute!

Do the priests molest the young animals?

just like that episode of "The Vicar of Dibley"....

I had a dream where Jesus was a dirty old bum, and I was about to sock him in the face because, well he's a dirty old bum, but then I thought, there's something special about him...

- Cal Naughton, Jr.

Awwwww, look at the little fox, so warm & fuzzy... I could use a new pair of ear muffs.

These are the pigeon feeders and the PETA screwballs. Mostly old maids.

NYC carriage horses need blessings. They live short miserable lives in NYC

Why is it that Loser like Mr. Mel and NYCtinl11 have so much hatred and inadequacies that they need to post hateful comments about animals. These people's lives must be so empty and bitter.

What is that monkey thing in the first picture?

WHAT IS THAT MONKEY THING IN THE FIRST PICTURE?

Hey Felix, learn to read, my comments were about real losers, people.

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