All things of creation are children of the Father and thus brothers of man. ... God wants us to help animals, if they need help. Every creature in distress has the same right to be protected.
We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen away, and to bring home those who have lost their way. Many who seem to us to be children of the Devil will still become Christ's disciples.
Don't canonize me too soon. I'm perfectly capable of fathering a child.
A promise is a child of the understanding and the will; the understanding begets it, the will brings it forth.