I'm sorry, I just read it closer ... the country church with the dominating spire? They have a cat colony?? Certainly would keep the mice out of the place!
HERE'S the link for that. It's good. Actually, that about not being able to take his cats to the Vatican isn't certain. It started in the press, but I've heard reliable sources say it isn't true.
My kind of place.
ReplyDeleteOMG ... a place after my own heart, just like Hemingway's but with crosses and statues ... where is this now?
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, I just read it closer ... the country church with the dominating spire? They have a cat colony?? Certainly would keep the mice out of the place!
ReplyDeleteyeah, they have quite a few cats. Some live under the church, others around the grounds. They are all very friendly.
ReplyDeleteThe Holy Father loves cats, and Leo XIII often had a kitten riding in the pocket of his cassock.
ReplyDeleteKyle, Father Speier has a cat in the rectory. Her name is George. haha
ReplyDeleteThat happens more often than you might think. When they're kittens, it's not easy to tell the difference, unless you know the secret trick.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/us/nationalspecial2/21cats.html?_r=1&sq=pope%20benedict
ReplyDeleteSadly ... when the Pope moved into his quarters, they wouldn't let him keep his cats! (Although I'm sure they're being well-cared for ...)
I'm the proud cat-mom of nine!
HERE'S the link for that. It's good.
ReplyDeleteActually, that about not being able to take his cats to the Vatican isn't certain. It started in the press, but I've heard reliable sources say it isn't true.
Jeffrey, thanks for the factoid about Leo XIII.
ReplyDeleteIts name was Micetto.
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