Saint Pharaildis (650 – 740) or Pharailde (Dutch: Veerle), born in Ghent, Belgium, carries a goose as her insignia. According to the Acta Sanctorum  (Antwerp 1643) and Domenico Casagrande’s Saints and Animals (see Marilena Bogazzi 2025, Christian Inspired Vegetarianism , pp. 62-63) ,  Pharaildis manifested compassion and affection for all living creatures, as evidenced by her resuscitation of a cooked goose from its bones. 1. An Encounter with Geese During winter, one evenin

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.   For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.   For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God . We know that the whole creati

Sama Hoole, a prominent X user advocating for livestock farming and the carnivore diet, often criticising vegan alternatives as environmental hazards, posted on March 19 the following: Activist: "The water usage for beef is obscene. Thousands of litres per kilogram.. " Farmer: "That's rainfall." Activist: "What?" Farmer: "The figure includes all the rain that falls on the pasture. The cows drink from the stream. The rain falls whether there's a cow here or not." Activist: "It

"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ASK for in prayer, BELIEVE that you have RECEIVEd it, and it will be yours," advises Jesus (Mark 11:24 NIV). In 1994, a dog owned by a veterinarian in California, USA — Dr Hilary Petit — became critically ill. The dog was already very old (14 years) and could barely stand. Hilary diagnosed widespread metastatic cancer throughout its body. Four years earlier, the dog had undergone surgery to remove one eye because of a tumour behind it, foll