León, Guanajuato.- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died, five years after his centennial, among the Pope’s way of being, it stands out that he was a lover of felines, especially cats.
Benedict XVI had two cats as pets when he was the Pope of the Catholic Church. One of those was previously a stray cat that he found on the streets of Rome. In the year 2005, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who shortly after would become the Vatican’s Secretary of State, if Pope Benedict XVI was an “inveterate cat lover”.
“Of course. On her walk from Borgo Pío to the Vatican, she would stop to talk to the cats; Don’t ask me what language I spoke to them, but the cats were delighted.” expressed the Italian Cardinal.
“When Cardinal Ratzinger approached, the cats raised their heads and greeted him.” recounted Cardinal Bertone.
Later, in 2007, the children’s book was published in Italian and then in other languages. “Joseph and Chico: A cat tells the life of Benedicto”, where the life of Joseph Ratzinger is narrated until his election as Pope.
The book was published by Edizioni Messaggero de Padova, and was written by journalist Jeanne Perego with illustrations by Donata Dal Molin Casagrande.
In the work the cat is presented as one of the animals that accompanied Joseph Ratzinger during his childhood and comments that Benedict XVI is his friend and “guide for all Catholics.” “Joseph and Chico” features an introduction written by the Pope’s personal secretary, German Archbishop George Gänswein.
“How many things are written and said every day about the Pope? But here, dear children, you will find a biography different from the others because the person who tells it is a cat, and it does not happen every day is that it is a cat that considers the Holy Father his friend and begins to write his story”, wrote the Prelate.
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In November 2007, the author was able to deliver her book to Benedict XVI, who commented that “When I was young I would have liked to write a story about cats, but now it is cats who write my story.”
Pope Benedict XVI, was a lover of cats and always enjoyed their company, today his legacy will be remembered among many good thingsparticularly for being close to these animals.
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