Of Popes and Cats
Friday, April 25th, 2008Back in the Sixties or Seventies, David Peel released an album entitled "The Pope Smokes Dope". While that scenario is extremely hard to believe, it is no doubt true that the current Pope and I share a different addiction…that of kissing cats.
Pope Benedict XVI is well-known as a cat lover and a recent New York times article goes into this in some depth.
But wait, there’s more! His official biography was written by a cat ! How things have changed since Pope Gregory IX declared black cats to be evil, causing innumerable cats to be killed!
Like cats, Popes have multiple names. Pope Benedict’s cats may call him Benny, but I doubt it, since his real name is Joseph (he took the name Benedict when he was elected Pope). And, anti-Catholic propaganda to the contrary, even Popes don’t have unlimited power — Pope Benedict was unable to have his cats join him in his official residence. So fooey on the Vatican, anyway…at least "Catholic" begins with "cat"!
