The pope announced today that animals actually do go to heaven.
The senior director of faith outreach at the Humane Society of the United States, Christine Gutleben, told the New York Times, "If the pope did mean that all animals go to heaven, then the implication is that animals have a soul." The pope has set a great example at recognizing what animals have been showing us all along: They do, indeed, have souls. Here are just a few examples.