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PETA Projects ‘Bullfighting Is a Sin’ on Vatican to Urge Pope Leo XIV to Condemn Bullfighting

The group illuminated the Apostolic Palace with its signature tally to highlight Catholic teachings against unnecessary animal suffering.

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Overview

  • PETA projected “200,000” and “bullfighting is a sin” onto the Apostolic Palace facade to demand a formal denunciation from Pope Leo XIV.
  • The display builds on nearly 200,000 signatures originally collected for Pope Francis to condemn bullfighting and redirects pressure onto the new pontiff.
  • Activists invoke Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’ assertion that cruelty to animals contradicts human dignity as ethical grounds for a papal statement.
  • They reference Pope Pius V’s 16th-century ban on bullfights—described as “cruel and vile spectacles of the devil”—to underscore historical church precedent.
  • PETA also calls out Catholic priests’ participation in bullring ceremonies and ministering to matadors, urging the Vatican to disavow such involvement.