Sisters Participate in Documentary on Animal Treatment and Religion

The Humane Society of the US (HSUS) is sponsoring the creation of a documentary film on animal treatment and religion.

Sisters Rosemarie Greco,DW and Jo-Ann Iannotti, OP of Wisdom House were invited to be part of this documentary film. In preparing for the interview, significant statements by Popes and Bishops Conferences were discovered. For example, In 1915 Pope Benedict XV called for protection of animals in Italy, to "keep them from every suspicion of roughness, cruelty or barbarism…." Pope John Paul II in 1990 reminded Catholics that "animals possess a soul: and people must love and feel solidarity with these creatures. Present Pope Benedict XVI said that "industrial use of creatures…degrades living creatures to a commodity that contradicts the relationship of mutuality that comes across in the Bible."

The documentary expects to be premiered in Washington, DC in mid September 2008. The documentary is being produced by Two Cats TV (photo of crew, right). The website for HSUS is www.hsus.org.

Photos: Jo-Ann Iannotti, OP