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to say about Re: (Oops) New Pope a cat lover?: According to an article in today’s Toronto Star Pope Benedict LXI, the former Cardinal Ratzinger, may very well be an ailurophile! [etc.] Hmm. I seem to have made him the 65th pope to have taken that name, rather than the 16th. Holy See!
I think you meant XVI, but I’m not 100% on that. 
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[[I hope so. It's one of the nicer things I've heard about him so far. Cats can spot a soft heart. =o) I'd like to think I agree with him about something.]] Not only that, but it speaks well of a leader’s character when they like cats. Most of the despots and dictators whose opinions of cats I’ve ever read about have disliked cats. Tyrants hate what they can’t control. So for me, finding out that a leader LIKES cats is always a plus in my book. 
) Donna
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[[I hope so. It's one of the nicer things I've heard about him so far. Cats can spot a soft heart. =o) I'd like to think I agree with him about something.]] Not only that, but it speaks well of a leader’s character when they like cats. Most of the despots and dictators whose opinions of cats I’ve ever read about have disliked cats. Tyrants hate what they can’t control. So for me, finding out that a leader LIKES cats is always a plus in my book. )
So, ‘God’s Pitbull’ likes cats… I’ll agree, it’s a plus. But…. Not that much of one. Call me when he starts talking about ordaining women & promoting the use of condoms to stop the spread of HIV. — Mathew Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat En Vino Veritas – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –
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yodeled: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – [[I hope so. It's one of the nicer things I've heard about him so far. Cats can spot a soft heart. =o) I'd like to think I agree with him about something.]] Not only that, but it speaks well of a leader’s character when they like cats. Most of the despots and dictators whose opinions of cats I’ve ever read about have disliked cats. Tyrants hate what they can’t control. So for me, finding out that a leader LIKES cats is always a plus in my book. ) So, ‘God’s Pitbull’ likes cats… I’ll agree, it’s a plus. But…. Not that much of one. Call me when he starts talking about ordaining women & promoting the use of condoms to stop the spread of HIV.
LOL . . . is there some other Pope you’re confusing this guy with? 
Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – According to an article in today’s Toronto Star Pope Benedict LXI, the former Cardinal Ratzinger, may very well be an ailurophile! [etc.] Well, that’s a plus, anyway! (No one who loves cats can be ENTIRELY bad.) I wonder if the folks making such a big fuss about him being in the Hitler Youth, and serving in the miltary as a (very) young man, have any idea what it was like to be a teen-ager in Hitler’s Germany? Even many adults there weren’t very happy about the state of affairs in their country, but what could they do? It takes far more courage and determination than most people possess to buck the "status quo" when you aren’t personally threatened by it, and the consequences of doing so may get you killed. I think most Germans (like most Americans, now) didn’t fully realize what was happening to their country, or believe that Hitler could REALLY mean all the outrageous things he said in "Mein Kampf". (Until it was too late, of course, for any safe, rational protests.)
And as I understand it, he deserted and was arrested too. That would take some guts.
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"One time the Swiss Guards had to intervene: `Look, your eminence, the cats are laying siege to the Holy See.”’
Go cats! Victor, who thinks a cat would make a most excellent pope. — Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
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According to an article in today’s Toronto Star Pope Benedict LXI, the former Cardinal Ratzinger, may very well be an ailurophile! One paragraph says: "Italian Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who worked as Ratzinger’s top aide, described how the new Pope always paid attention to the street cats around the Vatican and how they sometimes followed him as he walked to his office. "One time the Swiss Guards had to intervene: `Look, your eminence, the cats are laying siege to the Holy See.”’
Not so much Roman Catholic as Roman Cat-a-holic… Al.
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Roman cats go roamin’ everywhere. It is probably the highest profile feral colony in the world– there are said to be more street cats/square mile than in any other city.
(snip) Theresa, I have got to follow up your post with the ferals’ own website http://www.romancats.de/romancats/index_eng.php Deb. — http://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – According to an article in today’s Toronto Star Pope Benedict LXI, the former Cardinal Ratzinger, may very well be an ailurophile! One paragraph says: "Italian Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who worked as Ratzinger’s top aide, described how the new Pope always paid attention to the street cats around the Vatican and how they sometimes followed him as he walked to his office. "One time the Swiss Guards had to intervene: `Look, your eminence, the cats are laying siege to the Holy See.”’ Not so much Roman Catholic as Roman Cat-a-holic… Al.
Yep. And when popes die, where do they inter them? Yep – in the catacombs! :)
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – According to an article in today’s Toronto Star Pope Benedict LXI, the former Cardinal Ratzinger, may very well be an ailurophile! [etc.] Well, that’s a plus, anyway! (No one who loves cats can be ENTIRELY bad.) I wonder if the folks making such a big fuss about him being in the Hitler Youth, and serving in the miltary as a (very) young man, have any idea what it was like to be a teen-ager in Hitler’s Germany? Even many adults there weren’t very happy about the state of affairs in their country, but what could they do? It takes far more courage and determination than most people possess to buck the "status quo" when you aren’t personally threatened by it, and the consequences of doing so may get you killed. I think most Germans (like most Americans, now) didn’t fully realize what was happening to their country, or believe that Hitler could REALLY mean all the outrageous things he said in "Mein Kampf". (Until it was too late, of course, for any safe, rational protests.)
There’s an excellent backgrounder on Pope Benedict XVI’s involvement with the Hitler youth movement in the on-line London Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1572667,00.html
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SNIP So, ‘God’s Pitbull’ likes cats… I’ll agree, it’s a plus. But…. Not that much of one. Call me when he starts talking about ordaining women & promoting the use of condoms to stop the spread of HIV. — Mathew Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat En Vino Veritas
Matt, me too. This fellow seems pretty medieval in his attitudes. And his liking cats will prevent neither AIDS nor overpopulation. But it’s the one thing I’ve heard about Ratzinger that hasn’t filled me with dismay. I have to admit, all the pageantry that surrounds the death of one pope and the election of a new one got me interested in the past few weeks, since it’s so outside the norm of what goes on in my life. But now I think I’ve had enough of the Pope Show. Melissa
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Wilson) yodeled: Roman cats go roamin’ everywhere. It is probably the highest profile feral colony in the world– there are said to be more street cats/square mile than in any other city. (snip) Theresa, I have got to follow up your post with the ferals’ own website http://www.romancats.de/romancats/index_eng.php Deb.
Last time my dad was there, he ended up taking zillions of pictures of cats. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – message According to an article in today’s Toronto Star Pope Benedict LXI, the former Cardinal Ratzinger, may very well be an ailurophile! [etc.] Well, that’s a plus, anyway! (No one who loves cats can be ENTIRELY bad.) I wonder if the folks making such a big fuss about him being in the Hitler Youth, and serving in the miltary as a (very) young man, have any idea what it was like to be a teen-ager in Hitler’s Germany? Even many adults there weren’t very happy about the state of affairs in their country, but what could they do? It takes far more courage and determination than most people possess to buck the "status quo" when you aren’t personally threatened by it, and the consequences of doing so may get you killed. I think most Germans (like most Americans, now) didn’t fully realize what was happening to their country, or believe that Hitler could REALLY mean all the outrageous things he said in "Mein Kampf". (Until it was too late, of course, for any safe, rational protests.) There’s an excellent backgrounder on Pope Benedict XVI’s involvement with the Hitler youth movement in the on-line London Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1572667,00.html
I’m not Roman Catholic and I disagree with a lot of its teachings as promulgated by both the new Pope and his predecessor. Having said that, that article is nothing like an "excellent backgrounder"-it’s an out and out hatchet job.
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Last time my dad was there, he ended up taking zillions of pictures of cats.
Ahh – I’d love to see it for real. Deb. — http://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – message According to an article in today’s Toronto Star Pope Benedict LXI, the former Cardinal Ratzinger, may very well be an ailurophile! [etc.] Well, that’s a plus, anyway! (No one who loves cats can be ENTIRELY bad.) I wonder if the folks making such a big fuss about him being in the Hitler Youth, and serving in the miltary as a (very) young man, have any idea what it was like to be a teen-ager in Hitler’s Germany? Even many adults there weren’t very happy about the state of affairs in their country, but what could they do? It takes far more courage and determination than most people possess to buck the "status quo" when you aren’t personally threatened by it, and the consequences of doing so may get you killed. I think most Germans (like most Americans, now) didn’t fully realize what was happening to their country, or believe that Hitler could REALLY mean all the outrageous things he said in "Mein Kampf". (Until it was too late, of course, for any safe, rational protests.) There’s an excellent backgrounder on Pope Benedict XVI’s involvement with the Hitler youth movement in the on-line London Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1572667,00.html I’m not Roman Catholic and I disagree with a lot of its teachings as promulgated by both the new Pope and his predecessor. Having said that, that article is nothing like an "excellent backgrounder"-it’s an out and out hatchet job.
My fault. Not for what you say, but for me helping to tip a lovely newsgroup like RACS into political argument and controversy. I’ve always looked upon this newsgroup as an oasis of sanity in a roiling world. Sorry, people.
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According to an article in today’s Toronto Star Pope Benedict LXI, the former Cardinal Ratzinger, may very well be an ailurophile! [etc.]
Well, that’s a plus, anyway! (No one who loves cats can be ENTIRELY bad.) I wonder if the folks making such a big fuss about him being in the Hitler Youth, and serving in the miltary as a (very) young man, have any idea what it was like to be a teen-ager in Hitler’s Germany? Even many adults there weren’t very happy about the state of affairs in their country, but what could they do? It takes far more courage and determination than most people possess to buck the "status quo" when you aren’t personally threatened by it, and the consequences of doing so may get you killed. I think most Germans (like most Americans, now) didn’t fully realize what was happening to their country, or believe that Hitler could REALLY mean all the outrageous things he said in "Mein Kampf". (Until it was too late, of course, for any safe, rational protests.)
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According to an article in today’s Toronto Star Pope Benedict LXI, the former Cardinal Ratzinger, may very well be an ailurophile! One paragraph says: "Italian Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who worked as Ratzinger’s top aide, described how the new Pope always paid attention to the street cats around the Vatican and how they sometimes followed him as he walked to his office. "One time the Swiss Guards had to intervene: `Look, your eminence, the cats are laying siege to the Holy See.”’
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According to an article in today’s Toronto Star Pope Benedict LXI, the former Cardinal Ratzinger, may very well be an ailurophile! One paragraph says: "Italian Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who worked as Ratzinger’s top aide, described how the new Pope always paid attention to the street cats around the Vatican and how they sometimes followed him as he walked to his office. "One time the Swiss Guards had to intervene: `Look, your eminence, the cats are laying siege to the Holy See.”’
Roman cats go roamin’ everywhere. It is probably the highest profile feral colony in the world– there are said to be more street cats/square mile than in any other city. They were allowed the freedom of the ancient city, and became even more cherished in the middle ages, when the Italian were among the few people who recognized that the cats didn’t bring the plague, but killed the rats which actually carried the disease. Italians are great cat-feeders. The cats are in the ruins- especially Torre Argentina and the Colosseum, and the garden of the Villa Medici– they look so perfectly at home and comfortable in these lovely, ancient places Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com
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According to an article in today’s Toronto Star Pope Benedict LXI, the former Cardinal Ratzinger, may very well be an ailurophile! One paragraph says: "Italian Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who worked as Ratzinger’s top aide, described how the new Pope always paid attention to the street cats around the Vatican and how they sometimes followed him as he walked to his office. "One time the Swiss Guards had to intervene: `Look, your eminence, the cats are laying siege to the Holy See.”’
I hope so. It’s one of the nicer things I’ve heard about him so far. Cats can spot a soft heart. =o) I’d like to think I agree with him about something. Melissa
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According to an article in today’s Toronto Star Pope Benedict LXI, the former Cardinal Ratzinger, may very well be an ailurophile! [etc.] Hmm. I seem to have made him the 65th pope to have taken that name, rather than the 16th. Holy See!
Would you believe LXI would make him the 61st pope, not the 65th? Holy Roman Empire!
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According to an article in today’s Toronto Star Pope Benedict LXI, the former Cardinal Ratzinger, may very well be an ailurophile! [etc.]
Hmm. I seem to have made him the 65th pope to have taken that name, rather than the 16th. Holy See!
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