The dog who attends mass every day at church where owner's funeral was held.

A heartbroken dog whose owner died a few months ago is missing her so much that he is attending services at the Italian church where her funeral was held, patiently waiting for her to return. Loyal Tommy, a seven-year-old German Shepherd, belonged to Maria Margherita Lochi, 57, and had been her faithful companion after she adopted him when she found him abandoned in fields close to her home.

 

Mrs. Lochi adopted several strays she found but friends said she developed a particularly close affection for Tommy and would walk to church with him from her home every day, where the priest would allow him to sit patiently by her feet. Following her death at San Donaci near Brindisi, a funeral service was held at which Tommy joined mourners, and since then he has been a regular at the church arriving on time when the bells ring out to mark the start of services.