Posted on 04/22/2005 12:20:45 AM PDT by Antioch
REGENSBURG, Germany - When he was a cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI often delivered sermons at the German-language church in Campasanto Teutonico near St. Peter's Basilica, but his most heartfelt talks may have been the ones he gave after celebrating Mass.
"I went with him once," said Konrad Baumgartner, the head of the theology department at Regensburg University. "Afterwards, he went into the old cemetery behind the church.
"It was full of cats, and when he went out, they all ran to him. They knew him and loved him. He stood there, petting some and talking to them, for quite a long time. He visited the cats whenever he visited the church. His love for cats is quite famous."
Although his public image is that of a stern enforcer of church doctrine, in Regensburg, where the 78-year-old pope came into his own as a theologian, those who know the man known as "God's Rottweiler" say his soft, human side has been ignored.
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My Rottweiler would munch her own puke, then eat the cat's puke - so... let's not get into it.
Oh.. and then she'd go for the litter box.
And then try to lick your face.
What a doll....
Cats are filthy and nasty little creatures.
THERE ARE MORE 2 LEGGED FILTHY NASTY CREATURES WALKING AROUND THAN THERE COULD EVER BE KITTY CATS....
Cats are cleaner than many people who step in there own sheet and handle food...
Nope...cats are just not that clean! People want to believe they are because they clean them selves all day.BUT you are right about some people...all in fun!
Still will not clean up after a cat!
I don't have to, I just change magazines in the auto-litterbox every few days. Don't ever have to touch or smell cat waste.
Is this guy infallible, or what?
Did the cats have a nice wedding ceremony?
I did not put that right, did I? My daughters married nice young men. The older daughter first and she left a mentally challenged cat here. I kid you not. The vet said she has emotional problems and even offered to put her on Prozac. I declined. Sophie is 16 now. The younger daughter married later. She left Zachary, a cat she got in college. Her husband doesn't let cats in the house (he is allergic) and Zachary has always lived inside. So he was left with me. He is probably 10. Sophie and Zachary have a May/December relationship. :)
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