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Animal rights group protests over Pope's fur
AFP ^ | July 22, 2008

Posted on 07/22/2008 6:52:20 AM PDT by NYer

ROME (AFP) — One of Italy's leading animal rights groups said Monday it was launching an Internet petition to demand Pope Benedict XVI stop wearing fur during religious ceremonies at the Vatican.

Lorenzo Croce, chairman of the Italian Association for the Defence of Animals and the Environment (AIDAA), denied being provocative or wanting to make an anti-religious statement.

"We just want to ask him in a message of love and peace to give a strong signal towards the protection of animals and the environment through a small but very significant personal sacrifice," Croce told the Italian news agency ANSA.

Since his election Pope Benedict has taken to wearing a number of traditional religious garments, including a small red velvet cape with a white ermine border, which he wears in winter along with a hat the same colour.

The association has created a website to accept signatures and Croce wants to present the petition to the pope in September.

Pope Benedict returned late on Monday to Rome after a nine-day visit to Australia marked by his historic apology for the scourge of paedophilia in the Catholic church.

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TOPICS: Catholic; Humor; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: animalrights; animalwhackos; ermine; fur; pope
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To: raccoonradio

There’s one near me!

Sounds great.


21 posted on 07/22/2008 9:28:35 AM PDT by Notwithstanding ("You are either with America in our time of need or you are not" - Hillary from Senate well 9/12/01)
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To: NYer

Hope he likes it.

I loved reading this, as we have spent over 7 years in Bavaria.

Many of the places described in the book were regular haunts of ours.

This book was a birthday present to me from my wife!


22 posted on 07/22/2008 9:30:55 AM PDT by Notwithstanding ("You are either with America in our time of need or you are not" - Hillary from Senate well 9/12/01)
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To: NYer

And what about all the babies that are being killed daily through abortion.

These threads make me sick.


23 posted on 07/22/2008 9:33:36 AM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: NYer

There’s no place like Rome; there’s no place like Rome ....


24 posted on 07/22/2008 9:36:06 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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To: Mad Dawg

LOL!


25 posted on 07/22/2008 9:44:44 AM PDT by ELS (Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
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To: Notwithstanding
That book looks very interesting. Have you seen this one?

Pope Benedict XVI: Servant of the Truth by Peter Seewald
From the description:

This book, written mainly by Seewald, describes the paths of Joseph Ratzinger’s life from his birthplace in Bavaria all the way to being the first German Pope in 482 years. It is lavishly illustrated with a collection of over 150 of some of the most personal, and most surprising, photographs. These show the Pope as he really is: “a humble servant in the vineyard of the Lord”.

26 posted on 07/22/2008 10:09:34 AM PDT by ELS (Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
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To: Artemis Webb; AnAmericanMother

I would add to AAM’s comment that some photographs are more flattering than others. That particular photo is among the less flattering, IMHO.


27 posted on 07/22/2008 10:11:18 AM PDT by ELS (Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
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To: Jaded
I’m waiting for someone to complain that he’s wearing winter white during the summer!

Hey, it's still summer - he's allowed!

One of the 25 SIGNS YOU ARE GOING TO HELL!:
* Wear white after Labor Day

28 posted on 07/22/2008 10:26:07 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("Christ inhabits His people, not their snacks"...Manfred The Wonder Dawg)
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To: Alex Murphy

Winter white is appropriate AFTER Labor Day but NOT before. :-) Leastwise that’s what the ladies from ‘Bama sayid.


29 posted on 07/22/2008 10:31:55 AM PDT by Jaded ("I have a mustard- seed; and I am not afraid to use it."- Joseph Ratzinger)
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To: Alex Murphy
* Use the F word more than once a day.

Is that once a day every day? What if you only say fu and don't finish the word, does that count?

* Have undressed people with your eyes at family reunions.

Jarvis, Australia is near Mississippi and Arkansas? Who knew? I really have to pay attention to maps.

30 posted on 07/22/2008 10:37:28 AM PDT by Jaded ("I have a mustard- seed; and I am not afraid to use it."- Joseph Ratzinger)
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To: ELS

Well, I for one think Pope BXVI has beautiful white hair. My grandfather on the German side of my family had that same lovely whiter than white hair. I think this Pope is adorable in a fatherly, twinkly eyes way. He ain’t gorgeous (actually Pope John Paul the Great was a very handsome man in his middle years), but he exudes wisdom and love of life. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.


31 posted on 07/22/2008 1:44:01 PM PDT by flaglady47
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To: ELS
I just wonder if somebody isn't in charge of collecting less-than-flattering photos of anybody not popular with the news media (including HH BXVI).

I happen to know that the local legal scandal rag here has a full time employee whose job is to gather unflattering photos of possible subjects of news articles. They do a pretty good job of it, too.

32 posted on 07/22/2008 2:14:45 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: AnAmericanMother
I just wonder if somebody isn't in charge of collecting less-than-flattering photos of anybody not popular with the news media

That seems to me to be part of the job description for AP photographers. Given that I regularly check the photos posted on Yahoo! News of Pope Benedict XVI for the weekly audience threads, it seems that the most unflattering photos tend to be attributed to the AP.

33 posted on 07/22/2008 2:57:36 PM PDT by ELS (Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
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To: flaglady47
Well, I for one think Pope BXVI has beautiful white hair. ... I think this Pope is adorable in a fatherly, twinkly eyes way ... he exudes wisdom and love of life. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

Agreed, absolutely. I didn't mean to imply otherwise. I was merely pointing out that some published photos are more flattering than others. It seems some photographers have an agenda to present those with whom they disagree in less than flattering images.

34 posted on 07/22/2008 3:01:27 PM PDT by ELS (Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
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To: ELS
Like this one maybe?????


35 posted on 07/22/2008 6:57:16 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: AnAmericanMother

LOL! By George, I think she’s got it.


36 posted on 07/22/2008 7:48:49 PM PDT by ELS (Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
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To: NYer
Yes, they are. Click here for posting guidelines.
37 posted on 07/22/2008 8:39:18 PM PDT by Religion Moderator
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To: ELS

LOL backatcha. I thought it was going to be one of those jokes that falls completely flat ....


38 posted on 07/23/2008 5:38:13 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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