Pope gives [bomb] sniffer dog a pat of thanks [Ecumenical]

Catholic Herald ^ | 09/20/2010 | Rupert De Lisle

[Pyro7480]

Pope Benedict XVI yesterday stopped to give a police dog an unexpected pat while thanking some of the 2,000 members of the West Midlands Police who had helped to protect him during his visit.

After meeting the seminarians of England, Wales and Scotland at Oscott College, Sutton Coldfield, the Pope saw Jake, a black Springador who acts as an explosives sniffer for the police.

Wading through a crowd of public servants the Pope was greeted by the dog, who appeared to enjoy the attention....

[Pyro7480]

[Pyro7480]

Doggie ping!

[mockingbyrd]

you can tell much about a man by how he treats a dog.

[DManA]

Springador - Springer Spaniel Labrador mix? Sounds like a wonderful mix. What a great bird dog that’d be.

[Pyro7480]

Catholic ping!

[trisham]

Awwwwwwwww. That is so sweet.

[hoosierham]

Labs are great dogs,friendly and faithful.

[trisham]

They are indeed wonderful dogs!

[Mi-kha-el]

Now muslims will hate dogs even more.

[ccmay]

I seem to recall reading that the Holy Father is a very devoted dog lover and keeps several at the Vatican.

[markomalley]

And the Guardian's headline reads:

Pope beats dog

. This is echoed by the NYT and WaPo and is carried by the International media for days. PETA comes out in opposition to the Vatican, sending nude over-the-hill celebrities to St Peter's square to protest. This causes wall-to-wall coverage on both CNN and Fox News for another few days. MSNBC decides, instead, to cover the latest female "ordination" and homosexual couple "married" by the Old Catholic Church and just happen to forget to mention that they haven't been in communion with Rome for 150 years.

Meanwhile, unreported in the news media, ELF is thwarted for bombing attempts at 20 Papal Nunciares around the world.

[SelmaLee]

I seem to remember that he a cat person. Something about how he had to leave his cat at home, as they aren’t allowed at the Vatican.

[Ransomed]

Bwahaha! Pretty good.

“I can always take ze time to beat ze animals” the Pontif was heard to mutter as he took time out from his british trip, the purpose of which is to make sure more Africans die of AIDS.”

Freegards

[Pyro7480]

From http://catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=10368

This is not the pope’s first public encounter with a canine. He also likes St. Bernards:

Indeed, affection for St. Bernards seems to run in the Ratzinger family (this is the pope’s brother, Monsignor Georg Ratzinger):

[Slings and Arrows]

Doggie ping list owner pinged!

[EyeGuy]

“Labs are great dogs,friendly and faithful.”

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I’m no dog expert, but for a family, they seem like the perfect breed.

Patient, strong, intelligent, loyal, friendly, even-tempered, good natured. But let a bad guy come near little Jackie, and they’ll tear his throat out.

Magnificent beasts.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

which says a lot muslims (although technically you were talking about the relationship between dogs and men, so it doesn't completely apply here)

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

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[chris_bdba]

I think his brother has his cat?I know that it has been said that when he lived in his former apartment in vatican city he was known to feed all of the strays.

[buschbaby]

This posting made me smile. Joe please add me to your doggy ping list...woof you.