FILE - A priest blesses animals during a Mass in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi, considered the protector of animals, on the Saint's feast day, in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
October 09, 2025 - 9:26 PM
Oct. 3-9, 2025
Pets were blessed by priests in Brazil on the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, and future soccer stars competed at the FIFA U-20 World Cup soccer tournament in Chile. In Haiti, hundreds attended a collective funeral Saturday for eight people killed in a drone attack in a gang-controlled slum in the capital.
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