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Video. Dogs receive holy water blessing in Bolivia ceremony

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 107 words · By Frederique Mauduit
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What to know about Video. Dogs receive holy water blessing in Bolivia ceremony

Dogs and their owners filled San Pedro Church in La Paz, Bolivia, on Sunday for a Mass marking the feast of Saint Roch, the patron saint of dogs.

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What happened

Dogs and their owners filled San Pedro Church in La Paz, Bolivia, on Sunday for a Mass marking the feast of Saint Roch, the patron saint of dogs.

Why it matters

The footage shows worshippers holding their pets during the service before receiving Communion and having the animals blessed with holy water.

Common ground

Some faithful also brought photos of pets that had died, including one woman who held a picture of her cat.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The footage shows worshippers holding their pets during the service before receiving Communion and having the animals blessed with holy water.”
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Web search results explicitly mention footage of worshippers holding pets during the service and having them blessed with holy water at the San Pedro Church event.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Church of San Pedro Apóstol (Spanish: Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol) is a former Roman Catholic church located in Cantalojas, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1965. The church was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_San_Pedro_Apóstol_(V…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Church of San Pedro de Plecín (Spanish: Iglesia de San Pedro de Plecín) is a former Roman Catholic church located in Alles (parish of San Pedro), capital of the council of Peñamellera Alta in Asturias…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_San_Pedro_de_Plecín
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San Pedro is a hospital and adjacent church in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. It is dedicated to Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_de_San_Pedro,_Antigua…
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Claim 2: “Priest Sandro Arana said people could learn loyalty and unconditional care from animals, describing them as gifts from God.”
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While one web search result mentions 'Animals are gifts from God', it is a generic quote and does not specifically attribute these words to Priest Sandro Arana in the context of the Bolivia event. No other sources corroborate the specific quote from this priest.
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web search NEUTRAL — Animals are gifts from God; please share and please treat all animals with loving respect! Who knows? In your next lifetime, you may be a baby/mama deer!
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/annesadovsky_with-all-that-is…
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web search NEUTRAL — Grab Fallen Goddess Gift Codes for exclusive in-game stuff.These gift codes for Fallen Goddess can be redeemed for free diamonds, gold coins, star search key, hero exp, holy stone pack, and other rewa…
https://levelgeeks.net/fallen-goddess-codes/
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web search NEUTRAL — Confirmed series and game premise. The Oni are secretly another type of Genma. Unsupported and contradicted by their stated roles. Every Genma invasion is caused by one mastermind. Unsupported by the …
https://consolepulse.com/multiplatform/onimusha/guides/onimu…
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Claim 3: “Saint Roch is traditionally associated with a dog that brought him food while he was suffering from the plague.”
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Wikipedia and web search results confirm the tradition that Saint Roch is associated with a dog that brought him food while he suffered from the plague.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Roch (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79; traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327), also called Rock in English, was a Majorcan Catholic confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 Septe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Roch
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — St. Roch Roman Catholic Church in Białystok, Poland was built between 1927 and 1946 in a modernistic style, designed by renowned Polish architect, professor Oskar Sosnowski. Its official name is Churc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Roch's_Church,_Białystok
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — St. Roch is a neighborhood of the U.S. city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Bywater District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Lafreniere Street, Paris Avenue,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Roch,_New_Orleans
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Claim 4: “Some faithful also brought photos of pets that had died, including one woman who held a picture of her cat.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results (Princess of Wales, Porsche accident, etc.) and does not mention attendees bringing photos of deceased pets to the San Pedro Church service.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Holy Family Catholic Church is a Catholic church located in Artesia, California. Established in 1930, it holds masses in English, Spanish, Tagalog, Portuguese, and Mandarin Chinese. It is named after …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Family_Catholic_Church_(A…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San Jose, officially the City of San José ( SAN hoh-ZAY, -⁠SAY; Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse]), is the most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, and the 13th-most populous in t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San Sebastián or Donostia, officially known by the bilingual name Donostia / San Sebastián (Basque: [doˈnos̺ti.a], Spanish: [san seβasˈtjan] ), is a city and municipality located in the Basque Autonom…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Sebastián
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Claim 5: “Dogs and their owners filled San Pedro Church in La Paz, Bolivia, on Sunday for a Mass marking the feast of Saint Roch, the patron saint of dogs.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that dogs and their owners filled San Pedro Church in La Paz, Bolivia, for a Mass marking the feast of Saint Roch.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Angono (pronounced [aŋˈŋono] or [aːˈŋono]), officially the Municipality of Angono (Tagalog: Bayan ng Angono), is a municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angono
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Camino de Santiago (Latin: Peregrinatio Compostellana, lit. 'Pilgrimage of Compostela'; Galician: O Camiño de Santiago; Spanish: El Camino de Santiago; Portuguese: O Caminho de Santiago), or the W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Santiago
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saint Rose of Lima Parish Church, also known as Santa Rosa de Lima Parish Church, is a Roman Catholic church in Santa Rosa, Laguna, and the Philippines. Established in 1792, it is under the jurisdicti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Rosa_de_Lima_Parish_Chur…
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