Did Joseph Alois Ratzinger serve as a Hitler Youth as a young boy in Nazi Germany? I have been told that is incorrect. I have heard that it was another person by the same name but that the current Pope never served in Hitler’s Youth as a young boy.
How do Jews feel about this? Is it better for Jews to have a Pope who experienced Nazi Germany first hand? Or does it make things worse for Jews knowing that the man who know serves as the head of the Roman Catholic Church once served under Adolph Hitler?
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Some say that the Catholic church has a list of popes. Our current pope is the 2nd to last pope. The prophecy I have heard about is referring to the next pope revealing the anti-christ? Any one hear of it?
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i miss seeing him on the old tele did he retire
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Also does anyone know any good autobiographs or biographys on Pope John Paul ll?
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He is the Catholic Pope, not my Pope or any non-Catholic’s Pope isn’t he, shouldn’t we be more specific than just calling him the Pope?
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to take the place of God?
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I get what you are saying even though the others dont seem to. The Pope should not have the ring or his feet kissed because he is just a man. He is a sinner like the rest of us. No man should humble himself before another man but to God only. I also believe you confess your sins to God not to another man. I doubt any Pope has ever done what you asked. He is not saying the Pope claims to be Jesus, just that the Pope should not be treated as something above the rest of us.
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…And why is St. Peter considered the first pope of the Catholic Church?
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And if a man of God and peace representing a particular religious institution has not, then why not?
Martin Luther King was parochial in that he fought for social justice in America. What I’m looking for is a religious leader, from a religious institution, with world wide dimensions.
PS: I very much have the political aspect in mind when posting this question in this subtopic(Politics)so don’t tell me I posted in the wrong area. (yeah, you, lefties)
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