Let’s all pitch in and buy the Pope more ermine [Fr. Z]

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Oh brother.

Let’s all pitch in and buy the Pope more ermine.

Animal rights group protests over Pope’s fur

ROME (AFP) — One of Italy’s leading animal rights groups said Monday it was launching an Internet petition to demand Pope Benedict XVI stop wearing fur during religious ceremonies at the Vatican.

Lorenzo Croce, chairman of the Italian Association for the Defence of Animals and the Environment (AIDAA), denied being provocative or wanting to make an anti-religious statement.

“We just want to ask him in a message of love and peace to give a strong signal towards the protection of animals and the environment through a small but very significant personal sacrifice,” Croce told the Italian news agency ANSA.

Since his election Pope Benedict has taken to wearing a number of traditional religious garments, including a small red velvet cape with a white ermine border, which he wears in winter along with a hat the same colour.

The association has created a website to accept signatures and Croce wants to present the petition to the pope in September.

Pope Benedict returned late on Monday to Rome after a nine-day visit to Australia marked by his historic apology for the scourge of paedophilia in the Catholic church.

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Too bad they weren’t so vehement about getting politicians to save babies as much as they want animals protected.
 
Those people have nothing better to do than to protest a piece of insignificant pelt. There are babies being slaughtered out there for God’s sake!
 
Well, here’s my two cents:

It’s one coat and hat, and it’s not even the whole thing, just the lining. Honestly, it’s not that big of a deal. Those who dislike the use of furs would do better to scold people who wear furrier garments, or have some influence on its use in fashion. The Pope is a wonderful man but, let’s be honest, who would emulate him as a model of fashion? No one, because that’s not his purpose. Neither, then, is the fur. It’s simply a traditional garment that keeps the man warm. So AIDAA and PETA and their ilk should let it rest. Animals are useful for a variety of purposes including fur and there’s nothing wrong with using them.
 
I wonder if all these animal rights activists use bug spray that kills bugs or a fly swatter? If they do then they are hypocrites!!
 
Yes, lot of these animal rights activists fly planes, and do you know how many flies are killed by the jet engines? I agree, they are hypocrites.
 
Laudatur Iesus Christus.

What higher aspiration could be held for an ermine than to be used in the Pontifical worship of the Most Holy Trinity? We offer the simplicity of all animals in the praise of God. However, these ermine fulfill this ultimate purpose in a unique and beautiful way.

It is a shame that these “activists” equate the service and worship of God with the whimsical interests of fashion. What do they think animals were created for, if not to give glory to God through the intentions of humans?

Pax Christi nobiscum.

John Hiner
 
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