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My questing is about all of the cats that were killed throughout Europe by Pope Gregory IX (1227-1241). The plague has been blamed on the mass extermination he was responsible for that killed most of the cats in Europe--it was blamed on the cats not being there to kill the vermin that carried the fleas. From what I've read, Pope Gregory had all of the cats killed because he thought cats bore Satan's spirit. Could the cats being murdered have been some kind of preliminary occultic sacrifice in preparation for the plague? I know this might sound weird, but maybe somehow the cats were an obstacle to their satanic agenda.

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