Posted on 08/17/2008 3:54:39 AM PDT by Dawnsblood
Pope Benedict's fondness for fur trim on his hats and capes has come under fire from an Italian animal rights group, which has launched an online petition to persuade the pontiff to switch to synthetics.
Benedict has taken a traditional approach to papal formal wear to match his conservative views on liturgy and theology, reviving the camauro, an ermine-trimmed red velvet hat favoured by 17th-century popes and last worn by Pope John XXIII in the 1960s, as well as donning a cape trimmed with ermine, which is the white winter coat of the stoat.
But his use of ermine, long favoured by kings, judges and nobles, has drawn the ire of the Italian Association for the Defence of Animals and the Environment, which had by yesterday gathered 2,260 signatures for its petition. "The pope has often talked about protecting the environment and we are asking that he acknowledges that animals, as God's creation, also deserve respect," said the organisation's head, Lorenzo Croce.
Benedict's use of fur was defended yesterday by Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo. "Aren't there more important battles to wage?" he asked. "There are human beings who merit more urgent assistance that no one is taking care of. And if we eat animals, we can wear them."
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“The pope has often talked about protecting the environment and we are asking that he acknowledges that animals, as God’s creation, also deserve respect,”
You can wear the fur of an animal species and still respect it.
In fact, in the modern era where many animals are going extinct. It is the lucky animals that we respect enough to eat and wear that are assured continued existence. You can bet cows and chickens won’t go extinct. Not all animals can hope to be so lucky.
There are a lot of things in the Catholic Church which need attention before the Pope chooses which hat to wear.
This is akin to “fiddling while Rome Burns”.
If these Vatican Vapids continue on the same path there will be no Catholics left when they wake up.
(Have these whining PETA types ever actually MET a weasel? Nasty little things (PETAs AND weasels!)
The pope can have people kiss his holy ring and bow at his fee, I don't care...
But I have to wonder what the Apostle Peter and God think about it...
fee=feet
fur ping
Pope Benedict's fondness for fur trim on his hats and capes has come under fire from an Italian animal rights group, ... has taken a traditional approach to papal formal wear ... reviving the camauro, an ermine-trimmed red velvet hatErmine:
[Is that a Polecat in your pants, or are you just happy to see me]
The Church would be better off with a lot fewer Catholics(CINOs).
You sound like Judas whining about the cost of spikenard.
Did you say Stoats?
(Fade in on ordinary interview set. Interviewer sitting with man with large Semitic (Jewish) polystyrene nose.)
Interviewer: Good evening. I have with me in the studio tonight one of Britain’s leading skin specialists - Raymond Luxury Yacht.
Raymond: That’s not my name.
Interviewer: I’m sorry - Raymond Luxury Yach-t.
Raymond: No, no, no - it’s spelt Raymond: Luxury Yach-t, but it’s pronounced ‘Stoatwobbler Mangrove’.
Interviewer: You’re a very silly man and I’m not going to interview you.
Raymond: Ah, anti-semitism!
Interviewer: Not at all. It’s not even a proper nose. (takes it off) It’s polystyrene.
Raymond: Give me my nose back.
Interviewer: You can collect it at reception. Now go away.
Raymond: I want to be on the television.
Interviewer: Well you can’t.
You are incorrect. This stuff is more important than you realize. Now, since you’re obviously not Catholic, I don’t suppose that you would understand, but the Pope is, through many of the things he does, both big things and little things, reviving and restoring the traditions that were largely thrown out in the radical 60s.
He is demonstrating that we are connected to all that came before. This is the “hermeneutic of continuity,” and is at odds with the opinions held by many Catholics from the 60s through the 90s, which held that Vatican II “remade” the Church.
Monty Python?
LOL!!
It is polite to ping a referrenced FReeper to a post, especially when bad-mouthing them!
As I see it, the respect for the animal is in the treatment of the critter while alive, how it is dispatched, and not in how the remains are used, be it for food, leather, feathers, fur, or glue...or to just be rid of a verminouos pest.
Or maybe I sound like Superman complaining about the Joker...
Or maybe I'm saying what Jesus said; 'the greatest among you shall become the least'...Or maybe I'm saying what Peter said, 'don't bow to me, I'm just a mere man'...
But what I am actually saying is that your pope resembles no Christian in the Scriptures and definately not any Apostles, especially Peter...
I can just picture Peter and your pope standing side by side...Can you???
I can just picture the look on your face during and after your particular judgment.
It’s not the Pope who is being vapid. It is the enviro-nuts in Peta. And your disrespect for his Holiness shows your lack of character as well.
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