According to Pope Francis, all animals are God’s creatures and will go to Heaven. I wonder if this includes all animals, including cockroaches? Will all the natural predatory animals be turned into vegetarians? Will sloths, who do little except scrounge for food and hide from predators, just come to a complete standstill for eternity? When cats find out that they do not in fact rule the universe will they just make a mass exodus to Hell?
Psst- hate to break it to you all cold like this but…
God is a CAT!
It’s the dogs that are going to Hell…
Where was this pope when I was a good little Catholic?
No one needs to eat in heaven, so no need to worry about the predator/prey relationships and all icky animals turn kawaii. You won’t believe how adorable the cockroaches are in heaven. Interestingly, an image search for a kawaii cockroach turns up nothing really cute. I think we just can’t fathom the cuteness of a heavenly cockroach here on earth.
Surely His Holiness is mistaken about roaches and snakes.
Was he sitting on the Papal Throne at the time?
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Humans are animals. Does that mean that everyone’s going to heaven, even us heathens? 
Quote from article: “The Holy Scriptures teach us that the realization of this wonderful plan covers all that is around us, and that came out of the thought and the heart of God,” Pope Francis said, as quoted by Italian news site Resapubblica.
The Pope then went on to say that “heaven is open to all creatures, and there [they] will be vested with the joy and love of God, without limits.” That’s a little different from the headline. I do not know about the quality of the translation from Italian.
I had always understood that dogs go to dog-heaven, cockroaches go to cockroach heaven, etc. In dog heaven, they play frisbee with T-Bone steaks. There are no roach motels in cockroach heaven. I’m not sure what lion and tiger heaven is like, but presumably it involves lots of sleep.
Wow, Czarcasm, this is your best religious Gotcha! yet. Would that the Sadducees have posed your stumpers to Jesus instead of that crap about one bride for seven brothers.
Overreact much? I just found it mildly amusing to think about what animals would do in Heaven. Notice that I posted this in MPSIMS, not Great Debates?
I’ve heard that lying down with lambs was the prime pastime.
Oh, I thought you wrote sheep.
Never mind.
When cats die they do not go to hell
they simply return home
Does this give credence to the Rainbow Bridge?
Yes, but that has jack all to do with this statement.
That everybody, no matter their religion, can get into Heaven has been Catholic doctrine for ages, and Francis reiterated it not too long ago.
I have that Burt Reynolds movie.
I think they preach that BELIEVERS go to heaven. Right? Not non-Christians, and atheists. If everyone’s going to heaven automatically then why would anyone make any special efforts where religion is concerned?
I just can’t help but like this guy. I think he’s the best we could have realistically hoped for. Obviously I don’t agree with all his viewpoints, but he seems to be moving the church in a better direction.
And there are plenty of toilets to drink out of. 
Funny story about that- several years ago, a friend’s cat sickened and died, and when they got the body back, there was also a card that said “Waiting for you at the Rainbow Bridge”. We were totally baffled, since to us, ‘Rainbow Bridge’ meant Bifrost, and the cat had died of age and sickness. Unable to riddle it out and half suspecting he was being mocked, we ended up going back to the vet to get an answer.
Looking back, I’ve often wondered whether that visit was more confusing for us or the poor vet’s office employee, who knew nothing about Norse mythology.
Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.
They do have motels, but with swimming pools and cable.
I guess I’ll get kicked out when I step on the spiders. Cause they are never going to be cute.