Pandemic prompts drive-through pet blessing in Philippines
From a safe distance inside their owners' cars, cats, dogs, and birds were sprinkled with holy water by a Catholic priest in Manila, as the nation's coronavirus cases continued to surge.
A Catholic priest sprinkles holy water on a cat at a drive-thru pet blessing amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak on World Animal Day, in Eastwood Mall, Quezon City, Philippines, October 4, 2020. (photo credit: REUTERS/ELOISA LOPEZ)ByREUTERS