Message To The Pope: “His Compassion Is Over All That He Has Made.” ~Psalms 145:9

By Arthur Poletti

Email The Pope with your own message or copy the LETTER TO SEND below, following the picture essay, which includes the same message.

It is contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer and die needlessly.
Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph 2418

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
00120 Via del Pellegrino
Citta del Vaticano

benedictxvi@vatican.va

Holy Father, there are literally millions of people throughout the world who are appalled and disgusted by the madness and cruelty that takes place when bulls are tortured and murdered for fun and laughs and tradition during the Toro de Coria event each year in Spain.

To make matters even worse, most of these events are dedicated to saints from the Catholic church (such as Saint John for the Toro de Coria) which is blasphemous!

What an insult!

What could be more fun and entertaining then watching a slow blood bath massacre as the bulls’ bodies are methodically ripped apart and ultimately murdered to entertain an arena filled with cheering, brain-dead, blood-thirsty people that look like the devil’s disciples?

Pope St. Pius V decreed that bullfights are “altogether foreign to piety and charity.” He wished that “these cruel and disgraceful exhibitions of devils and not of men be abolished,” and he forbade attendance at them under penalty of excommunication.

Pope St. Pius V — was not afraid to express his utter disgust with bull fighting. The following articles and illustrations will explain why.

BULLFIGHTING SCHOOLS – THE “ART” OF TORTURING AND KILLING

In Spain, according to the numbers of the Ministry of Interior, there are 43 registered bullfighting schools. All these schools are subsidized by the Autonomic Regions, local authorities, etc. For example, the region of Andalucia has 22 bullfighting schools and in 2007 the Government of Andalucia gave 300,000 euros of public money to these schools.

Children begin learning the “art” of torturing and killing at an early age. The minimum entry age for these schools varies from one region to another, for example in Valencia it is 9 years old, and in Madrid, 12.

The schools provide all course material. Field trips include visits to farms of bull breeders to participate in tientas ( tests where bulls and cows are pinched with long spears to see how brave they are), and they also practice on calves, young bulls and cows with banderillas, swords, etc.

If you add to the inherent cruelty of a bullfighting spectacle the inexperience of these children you can imagine the carnage.

The minimum age to perform in a spectacle in Spain is 16 years old so many children as young as 11 or 12 go to Mexico to perform since there is no minimum age in that country.

Besides the very well known Spanish bullfights, this country has something commonly called Popular Festivals (popular fiestas) which are in reality another way of torturing bulls. Some of these popular fiestas are outrageous and terrible.

The following are but a couple of the most horrific popular fiestas:

TORDESILLAS “El toro de la Vega”
(bull of Vega)

This so called popular fiesta consists in chasing a bull with spears all over the village sticking them into his body until his death. Meanwhile, since the crowd think that the torture is not enough, they cut his testicles off while he is still alive.

CORIA “El Toro de Coria”
(Coria’s bull)

The bull walks and runs for hours in the streets while people throw darts at him. When he is too tired and weak from loss of blood to continue to escape, the villagers kill him with a gun and cut his testicles off. How neat! You wonder why the world is so screwed up.

“Holy Father” I feel certain that when you carefully consider the value and importance of all of God’s precious creatures you will agree that God wants humans to protect and care for them, not to needlessly torture and murder them.

The real question is, who is going to come to the aid and defense of these precious creatures?

Who is brave enough and bold enough to express the will of God in a convincing and persuasive way that will be heard loudly and clearly and could make a real difference in helping to stop these pathetic mass murders?

Holy Father, once again I plead with you to come to the aid of animals that most often are facing certain death. That are brutally tortured and murdered while most of the people that are watching are licking their lips with great joy and enthusiasm.

The Toro de Coria campaign event really needs to come to an abrupt end. Please seriously consider helping God free these animals from this horrible blood sport by taking a stand and making an announcement expressing your disgust with the Toro de Coria event and all events like it.

Holy Father, It would be impossible to present a list of cities and addresses of towns with bullfights. The best solution is to make a personal telephone call and to send protests to the Prime Minister of Spain and to the Ministry of the Interior (the entity that governs bullfights in Spain).

It is contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer and die needlessly.
~ Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph 2418

Thank you, Holy Father

For the sake of all animals.
Arthur Poletti, God Does Not Eat Meat
Read for free online at: http://www.all-creatures.org/book/gdnem.html

“They too, are created by the same loving hand of God which Created us…It is our duty to Protect Them and to promote their well-being.”
~ Mother Teresa.

“Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventures, and for hides and furs is a phenomenon which is at once disgusting and distressing. There is no justification in indulging in such acts of brutality.”
~ His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama

Please email The Pope with the following message to the associated email address, or send a message of your own, thank you.

WHERE TO SEND YOUR LETTER:
benedictxvi@vatican.va

LETTER TO SEND:
Holy Father, there are literally millions of people throughout the world who are appalled and disgusted by the madness and cruelty that takes place when bulls are tortured and murdered for fun and laughs and tradition during the Toro de Coria event each year in Spain.

To make matters even worse, most of these events are dedicated to saints from the Catholic church (such as Saint John for the Toro de Coria) which is blasphemous!

What an insult!

What could be more fun and entertaining then watching a slow blood bath massacre as the bulls’ bodies are methodically ripped apart and ultimately murdered to entertain an arena filled with cheering, brain-dead, blood-thirsty people that look like the devil’s disciples?

Pope St. Pius V decreed that bullfights are “altogether foreign to piety and charity.” He wished that “these cruel and disgraceful exhibitions of devils and not of men be abolished,” and he forbade attendance at them under penalty of excommunication.

Pope St. Pius V — was not afraid to express his utter disgust with bull fighting. The following articles and illustrations will explain why.

BULLFIGHTING SCHOOLS – THE “ART” OF TORTURING AND KILLING

In Spain, according to the numbers of the Ministry of Interior, there are 43 registered bullfighting schools. All these schools are subsidized by the Autonomic Regions, local authorities, etc. For example, the region of Andalucia has 22 bullfighting schools and in 2007 the Government of Andalucia gave 300,000 euros of public money to these schools.

Children begin learning the “art” of torturing and killing at an early age. The minimum entry age for these schools varies from one region to another, for example in Valencia it is 9 years old, and in Madrid, 12.

The schools provide all course material. Field trips include visits to farms of bull breeders to participate in tientas ( tests where bulls and cows are pinched with long spears to see how brave they are), and they also practice on calves, young bulls and cows with banderillas, swords, etc.

If you add to the inherent cruelty of a bullfighting spectacle the inexperience of these children you can imagine the carnage.

The minimum age to perform in a spectacle in Spain is 16 years old so many children as young as 11 or 12 go to Mexico to perform since there is no minimum age in that country.

Besides the very well known Spanish bullfights, this country has something commonly called Popular Festivals (popular fiestas) which are in reality another way of torturing bulls. Some of these popular fiestas are outrageous and terrible.

The following are but a couple of the most horrific popular fiestas.

TORDESILLAS “El toro de la Vega” (bull of Vega): This so called popular fiesta consists in chasing a bull with spears all over the village sticking them into his body until his death. Meanwhile, since the crowd think that the torture is not enough, they cut his testicles off while he is still alive.

CORIA “El Toro de Coria” (Coria’s bull): The bull walks and runs for hours in the streets while people throw darts at him. When he is too tired and weak from loss of blood to continue to escape, the villagers kill him with a gun and cut his testicles off. How neat! You wonder why the world is so screwed up.

“Holy Father” I feel certain that when you carefully consider the value and importance of all of God’s precious creatures you will agree that God wants humans to protect and care for them, not to needlessly torture and murder them.

The real question is, who is going to come to the aid and defense of these precious creatures?

Who is brave enough and bold enough to express the will of God in a convincing and persuasive way that will be heard loudly and clearly and could make a real difference in helping to stop these pathetic mass murders?

Holy Father, once again I plead with you to come to the aid of animals that most often are facing certain death. That are brutally tortured and murdered while most of the people that are watching are licking their lips with great joy and enthusiasm.

The Toro de Coria campaign event really needs to come to an abrupt end. Please seriously consider helping God free these animals from this horrible blood sport by taking a stand and making an announcement expressing your disgust with the Toro de Coria event and all events like it.

Holy Father, It would be impossible to present a list of cities and addresses of towns with bullfights. The best solution is to make a personal telephone call and to send protests to the Prime Minister of Spain and to the Ministry of the Interior (the entity that governs bullfights in Spain).

It is contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer and die needlessly.
~ Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph 2418

Thank you, Holy Father.

For the sake of all animals.

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