Pope Francis said no such thing. But the more tall the tale, to more likely it is to get media wagging their tails. And you can follow their trail all the way to the front page of the New York Times. The Huffington Post also picked up the scent of this theological fable, too. In their confused weaving of the story, St. Paul, the Apostle is mixed up with Pope Paul VI, the Roman Catholic pontiff-- though the two are separated by twenty millennia. And then something Pope Francis did not say somehow makes this fable into a news story.
In the midst of this massive media mess-up, ReligionNews.com has set the record straight. It's going to disappoint millions of people. But think about this as it relates to your dog. Of course you want Fido to go to heaven. But what about that incessantly barking beast of your neighbour's that you're tempted to shoot. Do you really want to meet him (the dog, not necessarily the neighbour) there, assuming that you'll reach heaven? If so, is that heaven? And what about cockroaches and mosquitos? These are theological questions too deep for NYT and Huffington Post. Perhaps another news hound, the National Enquirer, will pick up the ball... or the bone.
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