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In his latest book-interview, in addition to revelations on subjects such as the 2005 conclave, Pope Francis fondly remembers Benedict XVI's love of cats.
In El Sucesor (“The Successor”), a book-interview with Spanish Vaticanist Javier Martínez-Brocal published in Spanish on April 3, Pope Francis explains that he met Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, then Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, on several occasions when he himself was called to Rome as a bishop and then as a cardinal, notably during the 1994 Synod on Consecrated Life and the 2001 Synod on Episcopal Collegiality, for which he was Assistant General Relator.
He recounts an endearing anecdote about Cardinal Ratzinger, whom he sometimes met in St. Peter’s Square. “I remember him in this neighborhood, walking towards his house wearing a beret and surrounded by cats. I think he knew the language of cats, it was impressive. He spoke to them, and they understood him and guided him,” recalls Francis.
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In El Sucesor (“The Successor”), a book-interview with Spanish Vaticanist Javier Martínez-Brocal published in Spanish on April 3, Pope Francis explains that he met Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, then Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, on several occasions when he himself was called to Rome as a bishop and then as a cardinal, notably during the 1994 Synod on Consecrated Life and the 2001 Synod on Episcopal Collegiality, for which he was Assistant General Relator.
He recounts an endearing anecdote about Cardinal Ratzinger, whom he sometimes met in St. Peter’s Square. “I remember him in this neighborhood, walking towards his house wearing a beret and surrounded by cats. I think he knew the language of cats, it was impressive. He spoke to them, and they understood him and guided him,” recalls Francis.
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Pope Francis says Benedict XVI "knew the language of cats"
In his latest book-interview, in addition to revelations on subjects such as the 2005 conclave, Pope Francis fondly remembers Benedict XVI's love of cats.
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