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Kids & Family:Pets & Animals
Does the Pope hate dog owners? A conversation with one of the pontiff's former secretaries, Professor Dan Gallagher of Cornell University
James Joyce said that Catholicism means "Here comes everybody." But does "everybody" mean our Yorkiepoos, too?
Earlier this month, Pope Francis made the remark that "many, many couples do not have children because they do not want to, or they have just one – but they have two dogs, two cats… Yes, dogs and cats take the place of children [...] And this denial of fatherhood or motherhood diminishes us, it takes away our humanity." Annie, who is not Catholic, wondered if this pooh-poohing of pet ownership was echoing the church's stance on our relationships with non-human animals, or if maybe the Pope was going rogue. So, she called her friend Dan Gallagher, a professor of Classics at Cornell University. Professor Gallagher is uniquely qualified to discuss this topic: He used to be one of the Pope's secretaries and translators. He also grew up breeding Cocker Spaniels, and once gave a funeral to a hamster. He and Annie discuss some of the Catholic church's past champions of animals -- from Saint Francis of Assisi to cat-lover Pope Benedict -- try to parse the Pope's words and wonder if maybe it's time for Pope Francis to try his hand at...pet sitting.
Read the Pope's full January 6th catechesis:
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/audiences/2022/documents/20220105-udienza-generale.html
Learn more about Daniel Gallagher
https://as.cornell.edu/people/daniel-gallagher
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https://www.paideiainstitute.org/
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