So what? A common misconception among Protestants seem to be that any random comment the pope makes must be definitive comment on doctrine. Perhaps it should be, but its not.
The Church does not hold that animals have souls, regardless of a comment by some pope.
68 posted on 05/12/2014 11:45:32 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd
(Pope Calvin the 1st, defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades)