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11 years ago
It’s Official! Pope Francis Says Animals DO Go to Heaven
Pope Francis is officially every animal-lover’s favorite Pontiff. First, this progressive pope chose the name Francis after St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and ecology. Soon after being selected, Pope Francis caused quite the stir when he “broke the rules” and went out of his way to physically bless a service dog in the crowd. Animal-lovers around the world now have even more reason to celebrate the new Pontiff. Pope Francis recently stated that, as many of us already believe, animals do go to heaven.
In a recent address at St. Peters Square, the Pope met a young boy in mourning over the recent loss of his dog. He quoted several biblical passages regarding animals to Support his belief that pets, and animals of all shapes and sizes, do go to heaven.
“One day we will see our animals again in eternity of Christ. Paradise is open to all God’s creatures,” said the Pope.
This isn’t the first time that the question of animal souls and after-life has been discusses in the Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II was also an avid supporter of Animal rights.
In early history, there was no question that animals belonged by our side. Rameses III, for example, Pharaoh of Egypt, buried his favorite dog, Kami, with the ritual ceremony used for great men. This included a coffin, linen, incense, jars of ointment and the ritual scroll that he would need for his entrance into paradise. Today people bury or cremate their pets in the hopes of laying them to rest peacefully.
Having animals in heaven truly does make it seem … heavenly! People everywhere can now look forward to seeing and being with their companions once again, making the grieving process of losing a pet that much easier. Though some conservative Catholics may have a hard time getting used to these more liberal ideas, the rest of us are more than happy that heaven now officially includes animals!
Image source: L’Osservatore Romano/APPhoto
According to the National Catholic Register, "The news networks are abuzz with stories saying that Pope Francis has said pets go to heaven. They’ve even \’helpfully\’ noted how this contrasts with the position of his predecessor, Benedict XVI.
But the thing is . . . the whole story is false." THE STORY IS FALSE. Below is the OFFICIAL Catholic dogma on animals:
“Brute beasts, not having understanding and therefore not being persons, cannot have any rights. The conclusion is clear. They are not autocentric. They are of the number of THINGS, which are another’s: they are chattels, or cattle. We have no duties to them…. Nor are we bound to any anxious care to make [their] pain as little as may be. Brutes are THINGS in our regard: so far as they are useful to use, they exist for us, not for themselves; and we do right in using them unsparingly for our need and convenience….”
They are THINGS, with the same moral status as inanimate property. This pope is no different from his predecessors when it comes to official church dogma.
Read more: https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jimmy-akin/did-pope-francis-say-animals-go-to-heaven/#ixzz3M0Bg14VZ
We are all from dust and at death we return to dust!
Bravo, Dear Pope. St.Francis would be most proud of you. Now can we get some of the primitive, rural villages in Italy and Spain to come into the 21st Century and stop their traditions which cause animal abuse?