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...England last week, brought pain and embarrassment to the American Red Cross. In the January Junior Red Cross News, monthly journal for children, was a story about a 10-year-old Spaniard named Rafael and a donkey he found abandoned at the foot of a cliff. Uncle Bastiano and Aunt Ana did not care for their nephew's asinine Juanita. On St. Anthony's Eve, Rafael begged a peseta on the road, set out to have Juanita bedecked and blessed next day in front of the church. "Surely," thought he, "the Gentle Lord would heed his prayer that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Blessed Donkey | 2/13/1933 | See Source »

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