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Page last updated at 15:56 GMT, Saturday, 4 October 2008 16:56 UK

Animals receive a holy blessing

A zoo in the Philippines has held a ceremony that celebrates a Christian holy day by blessing a variety of animals.

Parish priest Efren Ojeda performed the ceremony, which commemorated St Francis of Assisi, the 13th century friar who became the patron saint of animals.

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