Friday, June 25, 2010
The German Shepherd
Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) has been nicknamed by some Italians as il pastore Tedesco, "the German Shepherd," because the Pope is the shepherd of the Roman Catholic Church and because many originally feared his reputation as a ferocious "guard dog" of doctrinal purity.
Labels:
dogs,
Pope,
Pope Benedict XVI,
shepherd
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