Every man and his dog is welcome to attend the Sunday church service at the Amiralitet Church in Karlskrona in southern Sweden – indeed, every man, woman, child, and even cats. According to reports in The Local, the church offers a blessing to both two and four legged creatures attending the service.
After the service, the Amiralitet Church, like many other religious institutions, offers those who attended the service coffee. For the dogs, there are treats and bowls of water.
Inger Pettersson was at the service last Sunday with her chow-chow, Anitos Cinhry. “The priest spoke eloquently about how much animals give back and that they are never selfish or dishonest,” Inger said.
Vicar Kjell Erik Pettersson led the service which was attended by the Vicar’s Persian cat, Jocke and Bimbo, his golden retriever. The pair were quiet during most of the ceremony until Bimbo expressed his joy and began playing with another dog present.
The Vicar hopes to repeat the experience next summer, bringing together pets and their owners in a church setting. “It’s more common in the Catholic church,” he said.
[…] Source: https://www.icenews.is/2008/06/22/in-the-name-of-the-dog-the-cat-and-the-holy-hamster/ […]
Thanks for digging this >2 year old article up from the archives, worth a good chuckle.
”It is comforting to see that you too believe in the sacredness of the words of the sign of the Cross.”
Err…..no. I was more concerned about your overreaction, but perhaps you don’t understand satirical irony, with a hint of sarcasm – unless of course, your response, was precisely that!
@Terry. It is comforting to see that you too believe in the sacredness of the words of the sign of the Cross. I do hope, however, that the person/s responsible for the article’s title would understand the evil that lies in it and take remedial action. Please do not ask me to “take comfort” at the possibility of his/their being damned; because the good Lord wants eveyone to be saved. I write my comments in a spirit of fraternal love.
“which is a parody of the words uttered by Christians in making the sign of the Cross, and which adds nothing to the value or significance of the information transmitted in the article. An apology is in order.”
Karmenu – take comfort – that the blasphemous writer may well enter purgatory, and possibly hell, for such heinous humour ; )
Without commenting on the contents of this news item, I wish to protest against the formulation of its heading, which is a parody of the words uttered by Christians in making the sign of the Cross, and which adds nothing to the value or significance of the information transmitted in the article. An apology is in order.