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Animals do not have souls.

The Pope Has Said: "Animals Too Have Souls, Just Like Men"

Here

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So what? A common misconception among Protestants seem to be that any random comment the pope makes must be definitive comment on doctrine. Perhaps it should be, but its not.

The Church does not hold that animals have souls, regardless of a comment by some pope.