traveled to Haiti and participated in rituals and ceremonies alongside Vodou (pronounced “Voodoo”) priests and priestesses. She saw practitioners invoke the spirits and become “mounted” or ...

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As fun as the event was for Beniste and other participants, the priest also used it to remind people that Haitians are “having a very hard time” in Springfield, in Haiti and elsewhere.

A Haitian priest promised worshippers he would not eat their dogs and cats as he encouraged them to bring pets into church. The Rev Jean Beniste, of Concord, New Hampshire, made the comments after ...

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As fun as the event was for Beniste and other participants, the priest also used it to remind people that Haitians are “having a very hard time” in Springfield, in Haiti and elsewhere.

The event normally happens indoors, but this year it moved outdoors, where downtown dog walkers could easily jump in or delight in seeing all the creatures assembled to be blessed by a Haitian priest ...

CONCORD, N.H. (RNS) — As pet lovers gathered in a church garden here Saturday (Oct. 5) with dogs and photographs for the annual Blessing of the Animals, they were greeted with an assurance ...