Pope Francis made Page One news when he assured a boy whose dog had died that "Paradise is open to all God's creatures." Therefore, dogs may well go to Heaven.
The problem, for some experts on church teaching, is that this contradicts the long-held official policy that animals don't have souls, and therefore cannot go to heaven.
Except for the idea that the word "animal" is derived from the Latin "anima," which means soul or spirit.
So regardless of what the ecclesiastical academic "experts" may claim, anyone who has loved and been loved by a dog, cat, or any other creature who is animated by breathing, the spirit of life, knows better.
And for those who feel they need it, they now have official confirmation by the Pope.
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