Catholics who love their animals have certainly wondered more than once whether they will meet again after death. Can there be a nicer idea of heaven than hugging your Luna or Punk after years of separation? But is it possible? Can our pets go there after death?
In the era of the Internet and developed social media, we can turn to specialists in many fields with such problems. Doctors, athletes, beauticians and priests have their profiles on Instagram or TikTok. One of them asked this question.
Priest from the estate: no, but also yes
The neighborhood priest is a popular clergyman who shares many thoughts with his followers. And there are a lot of them, almost 100,000. One of them asked him about the afterlife of our pets: – Do you think that animals can go to heaven? For example, when a dog saves a man from a fire or water.
– “If you need your dog or cat to be happy in heaven, God will make it there.” This is how a priest once comforted a kid after losing his pet – says the priest from the estate. – Even Pope Francis once said something similar, but even he later pointed out that we believe that animals have a soul, but not an immortal one.
Also, meeting them in heaven, even if they have done something heroic, can be hard. Although God can do everything, who knows.
“God can do anything, but he never wants anything”
His answer left many people confused. It turns out that animals cannot go to heaven, but maybe they can. There were a lot of comments under the video. Some of them were sarcastic, but there were also voices that if God created animals, they must be important to him. Among other things, we read that:
I don’t think the Church knows the answer to every question, and I believe this is one of them.
God can do anything, but He never wants anything.
When God created paradise, there were also animals. And that means they are important to God. I hope so, because I have a cat.
Certainly, all animal owners would prefer that the priest from the estate ended his statement with the quoted consolation of a child after the loss of a pet. Many of them will probably stick to this answer. What do you think?
Source: Gazeta
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