Even Philly’s Pets Are Prepared for Pope Francis

The excitement surrounding Pope Francis’s historic visit to Philadelphia isn’t just limited to humans. Abby Brunner sent us this picture of her pup, Pope Penny, posed in front of the Dirty Frank’s Mural. Penny is wearing a miter and mozzetta from Doggie Style in Rittenhouse.

Meanwhile PopeCat Kevin chose to model his miter in the comfort of home.

Kate Kedziora found Keiko’s outfit on Amazon. She tells us Keiko is excited for the Pope this weekend.

@valerieknight98 @wogl Annie cat in Fishtown is ready for the #PopeInPhilly madness! pic.twitter.com/8fkKTxIty0

— Patrice Bendig (@Patrice_Bendig) September 25, 2015

Philly Dog School in Fairmount had a guest speaker — or at least a close facsimile.

The pope swung by our Fairmount location yesterday to say hi to the pups and check out our bathroom situation. He’s apparently not down with the whole porta-potty thing, so we offered him our toilet since we’ll be closed anyway.

A photo posted by Dog School (@phillydogschool) on Sep 25, 2015 at 9:15am PDT

#popeadelphia #papalpups #fairmount #IkeandDolce @phillymag @PhillyInquirer @citypaper @6abc pic.twitter.com/6yeRli32At

— Kelly Davis (@BennisKelly) September 25, 2015

In South Philadelphia, Belly hung out with the Concrete Dinosaur, who was also in on the fun …

#popedelphia A photo posted by @lowrha on Sep 18, 2015 at 8:11am PDT

… while windows were decorated in the usual fashion.

Morris Street #popeadelphia #popeinphilly #phillywindowcat #pennsport

A photo posted by Pennsporter (@pennsporter) on Sep 23, 2015 at 4:13pm PDT