The day my dog ate rat poison
Lonely between cities: Eva Sichelschmidt relives the day Pope Francis died in a veterinary clinic. She describes how Rome became a collective house of mourning.
Dog eating from a bowl. www.imago-images.de
On the day the Pope died , the dog ate rat poison. A courageous young doctor gave him an IV at a veterinary clinic around midnight and saved his life. After this stirring experience, filled with gratitude and another feeling that bore a resemblance to what I imagine humility to be, we joined the crowd of papal pilgrims outside our front door the next morning.
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