In honour of the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the NCR hosted a guest columnist, Michael Sean Winters’ beloved St. Bernard, Damiana. Damiana, says humans would have calmer, more spiritual lives if they were less serious and paid closer attention to the seasons and beauty of nature. Read more
A dog called Baby, which bit a church member going door-to-door in Hamilton, has been classified as dangerous despite objections from her owner. It was about 4pm on January 16 when Brett Whiteley arrived at Yalda Ahmadi’s house in Chartwell, where he was met with a hostile reception from Baby, a female eight-year-old American pitbull Read more
As the congregation at Wellington Cathedral sang about all creatures great and small several dogs joined in with yelps and howls. The annual service at the capital’s central church in honour of the patron saint of animals welcomed a host of pets and their owners on Saturday morning. Continue reading