
When Pope Gregory IX Declared a War on Cats
Learn about when Pope Gregory IX, head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1227 to 1241, declared war on cats.

Learn about when Pope Gregory IX, head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1227 to 1241, declared war on cats.
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