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Pope Francis: ‘All Animals Go To Heaven’

Mateo - during his 'dog show' phase
I have had the honor of sharing my life with quite a few animals, each of them that arrived at my door already named. The strange thing is that they all had expressly religious names: Moses, Abraham (cats), Linus, and Mateo (dogs). Hopefully, the Pope is correct in this assumption as it would be great to be with them all (and their name-patrons too) in heaven.



Pope Francis: ‘All Animals Go To Heaven’

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