Germany

August 31, 2010

Did Pope Benedict ever serve under Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany as a youth?

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?

How “firm” was Pope Benedict while he was speaking out against sexual abuse at his old church in Germany?

Hey now, only a perv would think “firm” was a sexual innuendo.

Was the current Pope Benedict Ratzinger a member of the Nazi part when he was in Germany?

Was the current Pope Benedict Ratzinger a member of the Nazi part when he was in Germany?
(typo)
– Nazi party
What is a Grand Inquisitor

European Journal | Pope Benedict

The Pontiff has come under fire for allowing four reactionary bishops back into the church who had been excommunicated for their opposition to a dialogue with other denominations and religions. One of the bishops has for years also outspokenly denied that the Holocaust occurred. Many Catholics responded to the Pope’s decision with disappointment and unease. Members of the Old Catholic Church,a den…