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Bolivian monks are exultant about their order’s newest member
Monks in the Franciscan monastery of Cochabamba, Bolivia, are being anything but silent about the newest member of their order — a schnauzer named Carmelo.
Since the arrival of Carmelo — or, to use his formal name and title, Friar Bigotón (Spanish for mustache) — they’ve plastered his mug all over Facebook, where the proud papas are singing his praises nearly daily.
Before they took him in, Friar Bigotón lived as a stray. They adopted him through a local animal rescue group, Proyecto Narices Frías, or Cold Nose Project.
Now he romps around the monastery, sometimes in the monk’s robe custom tailored for him.
“His life is all about playing and running,” Friar Jorge Fernandez told The Dodo. “Here, all of the brothers love him very much. He is a creature of God.”
The monastery’s Facebook page is laden with photos — and there are some pretty delightful ones — of the new dog.
“Brother Carmelo preaching to the fish,” reads the caption under one.
Friar Bigotón’s biggest role is in helping other pups like him, the monks say.
“If only all the churches of our country adopt a dog and care for him like Friar Bigotón,” the group wrote in a post on Facebook, “we are sure that the parishioners would follow his example.”
(Photos: Kasper Mariusz Kaproń / Facebook)
Posted by John Woestendiek March 9th, 2017 under Muttsblog.
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