He's not the usual type of visitor to a General Audience but this dog, Neo, came to Rome to see the pope. He is possibly the first dog to have officially completed the \u201cCamino de Santiago,\u201d a famous pilgrimage route in the north of Spain. <\/p>\n
Neo's owner decided to take him on this pilgrimage because she believes animals play an important role in one's life. <\/p>\n
MARIA CARMEN <\/strong> They are a part of the \u201cProtective Association of Animals\u201d organization from Spain. They have come to Rome in hopes of attracting Pope Francis attention to promote their goal for better care toward animals and encourage people to take their dogs on this pilgrimage. <\/p>\n RAQUEL FREI\u00d1A<\/strong> They were particularly interested in seeing Pope Francis, as they believe he is someone who greatly cares for the protection of all God's creatures. <\/p>\n RAQUEL FREI\u00d1A<\/strong> They have even managed to create a pilgrim passport for dogs, that is usually used by pilgrims for \u201cCamino de Santiago\u201d to officially record their journey.<\/p>\n After playing around with Neo, they will continue onward to further promote their goal at the \u201cWorld Animal Protection\u201d in Rome, an international organization for animal welfare. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" September 30, 2018. The \u201cProtective Association of Animals\u201d organization comes to Rome to promote better treatment of animals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":27736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-1871z9nChI","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/brandomcanecaminodesantiagoeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/brandomcanecaminodesantiagoint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48899"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNeo's owner
\n\u201cI consider animals are our companions in life so they have the same rights to do everything with us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nManager of APACA
\n \u201cWe are dedicated to the protection of abandoned and lost animals on the Camino de Santiago.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n
\nManager of APACA
\n \u201cWhen he became pope he took the name of St. Francis of Assisi, who is the patron of animals.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n