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New Pope..

04.20.05 (2:56 pm) [edit]

German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was declared the new head of the Catholic Church this week. He is considered a staunch conservative(anti-contrac eption, homosexuality, etc.). Shockingly he actually would have lost the vote if it had been put to his own people(germans) which is a relatively bad sign. The clincher for me anyways, was that Ratzinger was a member in the Hitler Youth in 1941 and was part of anti-aircraft battalion. He said that any resistance to the Nazi regime would have been futile and his service was required. Ok, it probably was.. But if you were ever a member of the Hitler Youth, or wore a swastika.. I don't think you should be Pope. It may not be fair but for heaven sakes if anything is a red flag.. ding freaking dong this is it.

posted by: xj8498 (reply)
post date: 04.20.05 (3:43 pm)

Not saying that I disagree with you, but you're right it probably should made some people think a little harder about this decision but I heard some where that he went AWOL during his time in both the Hitler Youth and the German Army. Also at that time in Germany there wasn't much of a choice if you couldn't leave the country.