Pope to holiday with black cat

Benedict XVI's brother will also join him on summer break (ANSA) - Bolzano, July 22 - Pope Benedict XVI will spend his summer holiday in the Alto-Adige mountain town of Bressanone next week in the company of his brother Georg and a black cat called Milly, the local diocese revealed on Tuesday. Georg Ratzinger, who is also a priest, shares the pope's love of music, and a grand piano has been installed at the medieval seminary in the German-speaking town where the pair will stay from July 28 to August 11. The feline-loving pontiff will also spend time with Milly, the seminary cat, who will be cared for by sister superior Maria Pieta' - the only person apart from rector Ivo Muser who will remain at the seminary during the pope's holiday. The diocese said Benedict will stay in an apartment decorated in ''extremely sober'' style,... [read full story]