An urban legend. The fact that Pope Benedict XVI has a cat with him in the papal apartment, and that if it is brought back from the apartment where he lived when he was a Cardinal is a fake. Yes Ratzinger loves cats, but there is no cat ambushes in the loggias of Raphael. So said Don Alfred Xuereb, second secretary of the Pope, who since 2007 worked with the pontiff. Don Alfred said :
"It is true that we have a cat at home, even though Pope Benedict loves animals very much. It is said that a cardinal occasionally stopped in the street to call their cat. Someone asked: Excuse eminence, the cats speak in German or Italian? They do not understand the language, but the tone of voice, yes, he objected. "
No cats in the Vatican, then. And to think that some say that the pope had a cat could make it more friendly to ...
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