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Pope gives [bomb] sniffer dog a pat of thanks [Ecumenical]
Catholic Herald ^ | 09/20/2010 | Rupert De Lisle

Posted on 09/20/2010 9:29:42 AM PDT by Pyro7480

Pope Benedict XVI yesterday stopped to give a police dog an unexpected pat while thanking some of the 2,000 members of the West Midlands Police who had helped to protect him during his visit.

After meeting the seminarians of England, Wales and Scotland at Oscott College, Sutton Coldfield, the Pope saw Jake, a black Springador who acts as an explosives sniffer for the police.

Wading through a crowd of public servants the Pope was greeted by the dog, who appeared to enjoy the attention....

(Excerpt) Read more at catholicherald.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: benedict; catholic; dog; pope; popebenedict; uk
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To: EyeGuy

I had a mixed golden lab and ? years ago.He was a very good fellow.


21 posted on 09/20/2010 10:30:05 AM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: Pyro7480

22 posted on 09/20/2010 10:34:06 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

i don’t think i am on the doggie ping list but would like to be!


23 posted on 09/20/2010 10:40:41 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: mockingbyrd
you can tell much about a man by how he treats a dog.

Proverbs 12:10 "A righteous man has regard for the life of his animal, ..."

24 posted on 09/20/2010 10:42:23 AM PDT by VRWCmember (Jesus called us to be Salt and Light, not Vinegar and Water.)
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To: Pyro7480

That’s wonderful. :)


25 posted on 09/20/2010 10:48:25 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: hoosierham; nickcarraway; sandyeggo; Lady In Blue; fatima; NYer; ELS; Salvation; elcid1970; ...
Thank you dear pooch .. thank you, Jake !!

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Sunday, 19 September 2010
Thank you, Holy Father! Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the UK, and the Hyde Park prayer vigil

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Well, Pope Benedict XVI has now left our shores, after a hugely successful Papal visit.

The coalition of the pained, the angry and the unenlightened - often unwittingly in league with the forces of the damned - was blown away by the arrival of the Successor of St Peter.

The disciples of Christ came out in force to support the Holy Father, and to show modern Britain that God is love and that He lives in our hearts. The gates of Hell did not prevail, in fact the powers of darkness fled in fear of the truth - their lies and deceits squealing before them!

Today saw Pope Benedict XVI beatify John Henry Newman - one of the greatest of English churchmen.

What joy it was to see the Pope arrive in Cofton Park this morning, the sunshine travelling with him, as if nature itself was singing to the glory of God! And, although the bishops conference seemed to have made a complete hash of organising tickets for the event, there were plenty of men, women and children there to greet the Holy Father, and to celebrate Bl John Henry being raised to the altar.

Last night saw the Pope lead around 80,000 worshippers in a special prayer vigil in Hyde Park. The police also estimate that about 300,000 well-wishers lined the Holy Father's route to the Park, whilst those protesting against the Papal visit numbered around 5,000.

These figures speak volumes. I also noticed that many of the protesters had finally realised that they had nothing to protest about, as the false impressions of the Pope or the Catholic Church were exposed by the truth. I felt immensely sorry for those alleged victims of child abuse, though, especially seeing that they were being cynically used by lobbyists - usually gays, protestants, atheists or muslims - who care very little about their plight, and whose oversized egos seem to rule their reason.

The world, after the Pope's words at Mass in Westminster Cathedral yesterday, can now be in no doubt that this Papacy is determined to remove the filth from the priesthood, and seeks to bring some peace to those souls that have been so horrendously damaged by those priests who were (or are) wolves in sheep's clothing.

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The Pope has routed his enemies and brought joy to the faithful - The last four days began in anxiety, but ended in euphoria

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How does one sum up the papal visit in a few words? A survey of the four days, event by event – four days which began (so far as I am concerned) in anxiety which quickly turned to relief and ended finally in euphoria – simply can’t be done in less than the length of a short book, and I have only 400 or 500 words for this post, though in the print edition of the paper which appears later this week I shall be given more than double the space for an extended version of it, in which I shall look also at the very interesting coverage of the visit by the secular media.

That aspect of the visit will have to be briefly summarised here by the words of Dr George Carey in the News of the World: “he came, he saw, he conquered”.

The richness, volume and sheer variety of the teaching the Pope gave us, and its perfect suitability for each of its many very different audiences, ranging from his intellectually hugely impressive address to the leaders of civil society in Westminster Hall to his call to that enthusiastic audience of schoolchildren to aim at becoming saints, was astonishing.

And perhaps the first thing that needs to be said is that this was above all a personal triumph for the Holy Father himself. What came over consistently was the huge warmth, the seemingly inexhaustible loving kindness of the Pope’s gentle but nevertheless powerful personality.

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God bless & protect you, dear Pope Benedict.


26 posted on 09/20/2010 10:52:13 AM PDT by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: Pyro7480; markomalley
And in the Sun the headline was........."Pope Pampers Protective Pooch!!.......... in headlines 4 inches high.
27 posted on 09/20/2010 11:08:55 AM PDT by marshmallow ("A country which kills its own children has no future" -Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
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To: EyeGuy

The only thing better than owning a lab is owning 3 labs.


28 posted on 09/20/2010 11:27:22 AM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: Pyro7480

He does, however, draw the line at certain dogs. For example, he isn’t fond of Helen Thomas, Rosie, Joy, Whoopi or Hillary.


29 posted on 09/20/2010 11:32:06 AM PDT by DPMD (~)
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To: Pyro7480

“Springador”

Oh good God.


30 posted on 09/20/2010 11:44:23 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: hoosierham; trisham
My Three Ladies thank you for your support . . .


31 posted on 09/20/2010 12:18:19 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: STARWISE

How wonderful.


32 posted on 09/20/2010 12:23:42 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: AnAmericanMother

What a great photo. Your dogs are beautiful!


33 posted on 09/20/2010 12:56:49 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: STARWISE

Love the boot! :)


34 posted on 09/20/2010 12:58:03 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: STARWISE

WooHoo! Pope Wellies!


35 posted on 09/20/2010 1:04:00 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: mockingbyrd
you can tell much about a man by how he treats a dog.

So true! And look how that doggie is looking up at the Pope! The dog understands that this person is someone who likes and respects him.

36 posted on 09/20/2010 1:15:27 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Pyro7480

This is nice because those of us who follow all things Benedict XVI know that he especially likes cats!


37 posted on 09/20/2010 1:23:19 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (Southeast Wisconsin, Zone 4 to 5)
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To: ccmay
I seem to recall reading that the Holy Father is a very devoted dog lover and keeps several at the Vatican.

I haven't heard that, but he loves cats. There was one in particular that used to live at his apartment, but the Vatican made him leave the cat behind when he moved into the Papal apartments. There is a book about that cat, written from the cat's point of view.

38 posted on 09/20/2010 1:25:45 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (Southeast Wisconsin, Zone 4 to 5)
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To: SuziQ; AnAmericanMother; mockingbyrd; trisham

If you haven’t already, see my post #14.


39 posted on 09/20/2010 1:28:10 PM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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To: netmilsmom; thefrankbaum; markomalley; Tax-chick; GregB; saradippity; Berlin_Freeper; Litany; ...
Enjoyed this story! Not all news is negative ;-)

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40 posted on 09/20/2010 1:29:09 PM PDT by NYer ("God dwells in our midst, in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar." St. Maximilian Kolbe)
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