“Some think, excuse me if I use the word, that in order to be good Catholics, we have to be like rabbits — but no.”

— Pope Francis, during an interview in Manila in which he called for responsible parenting.

“He should really think harder about giving up expressions like that.”

— Erwin Leowsky, president of the Association of German Rabbit Breeders, saying the pope had slandered rabbits by suggesting they have uncontrollable sexual appetites, when it’s only rabbits in the wild that behave this way.