“Of course. On her walk from the Borgo Pío to the Vatican, she stopped to talk with the cats; Don’t ask me what language I spoke to them, but the cats were delighted. When the Cardinal (Joseph Ratzinger) approached, the cats raised their heads and greeted him,” the cardinal said.
3. He was a virtuoso pianist
Benedict XVI enjoyed playing the piano and listening to the compositions of Mozart, Beethoven and Bach. Regarding Mozart’s works, he said the following: “Mozart’s Requiem is a high expression of faith, which knows very well the tragedy of human existence and does not hide its dramatic aspects, and therefore a properly Christian expression of faith. aware that the entire life of the human being is illuminated by the love of God.”