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Pope Francis Turns Out Not To Have Made Pets In Heaven Comment |
2014-12-15 |
[Ynet] It was a heartwarming story for legions of pet owners and animal lovers around the world. Pope Francis, talking to a distraught boy whose pet had died, declared there was a place in heaven for the creatures we share our lives with. His comment was reported this week by many news media outside Italia, with dozens of articles in the United States. It was veritable catnip to social media. However, Switzerland makes more than cheese... it turned out the pope had not made the comment.The news stories were apparently based on a misreading of remarks Pope Francis made at his weekly general audience at the Vatican on November 26 and on a comment that a past pope did make several decades ago. Pope Paul VI, who died in 1978, once said, reportedly while comforting a child whose dog had died, "one day we will see our animals in the eternity of Christ." "There is a fundamental rule in journalism. That is double-checking, and in this case it was not done," the Vatican's deputy front man, Father Ciro Benedettini, said on Saturday, when asked about how the media ran with the story. |
Posted by:trailing wife |
#11 There's a book out by a Franciscan monk about pets going to heaven. His take was, yes they do. I can't find the book and don't recall the author. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2014-12-15 22:15 |
#10 Weird it's almost like they just made the whole thing up. We'll have to see what happens to the shoddy journalist who wrote the original story. I expect the punishment will be anchoring MSNBCs nightly lineup. |
Posted by: Super Hose 2014-12-15 20:11 |
#9 Typical of the press with this pope Typical of the press in general lately. Dan Rather's poorly faked memos, the recent stories of horrible rapes that never happened, this... |
Posted by: SteveS 2014-12-15 16:24 |
#8 Typical of the press with this pope - they put the words there that they want, not the ones he says. |
Posted by: OldSpook 2014-12-15 16:09 |
#7 If Will Rogers were alive today, I'd read his blog daily. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2014-12-15 10:39 |
#6 “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” ― Will Rogers |
Posted by: Penguin 2014-12-15 09:29 |
#5 No, your doggie, goldfish or gerbil may not be in Heaven, the Pope opines, but Che, Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot? Prolly, he sez... |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2014-12-15 08:01 |
#4 I was wondering how they were going to explain the extension of the statement, that by implication there would be mosquitoes, too. Fleas, ticks, venomous snakes? (Sounds like a job for SooperJesuit!) |
Posted by: ed in texas 2014-12-15 07:49 |
#3 The Pope says a lot of things; apparently "pets going to heaven" isn't one of them. Yawn. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2014-12-15 07:42 |
#2 Then I ain't goin. |
Posted by: Shipman 2014-12-15 05:51 |
#1 "There is a fundamental rule in journalism. That is double-checking, and in this case it was not done," the Vatican's deputy front man, Father Ciro Benedettini, said on Saturday, Rich, so very rich. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2014-12-15 04:47 |