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"The Pope was never in the Hitler Youth, never, never, never,'' Father Federico Lombardi, chief spokesman for the Pope, told a press conference in Jerusalem.
Joseph Ratzinger was a member of an anti-aircraft unit protecting a BMW factory that used slave labor from the Dachau concentration camp
Originally posted by AmmonSeth
Firstly, He (like all the others) were forced into the Hitler Youth movement,
Secondly, he never said atheists were Nazi's, simply that more and more often in these times, Atheists actions are becoming SIMILAR to those of the Nazi's who formed views on people because of their views on God (he is just relating to something that britain went through already in history), and how Atheists seem to persecute those who believe in god
Originally posted by davespanners
reply to post by Freeborn
People keep saying in these threads that the Pope hated the Nazis and "Didn't want to be in the Hitler Youth"
Strangely this is exactly the same thing that every single person in Germany said the minute that the allies rolled into town, suddenly people living next door to concentration camps never knew a thing about them and every single one of the German people had never liked the Nazis. It's strange that they managed to make such an impact really with a population that was 100% against them
We only have the popes own word for these assertions, a word that keeps changing as on his last visit to Jerusalem the popes press office said
"The Pope was never in the Hitler Youth, never, never, never,'' Father Federico Lombardi, chief spokesman for the Pope, told a press conference in Jerusalem.
Now all of a sudden he was, but he didn't like it
After the Hitler youth Joseph was member of an Anti Aircraft unit
Joseph Ratzinger was a member of an anti-aircraft unit protecting a BMW factory that used slave labor from the Dachau concentration camp
I guess he didn't like that either as he says that "he never fired a shot"
edit on 17-9-2010 by davespanners because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Freeborn
reply to post by infinite
Sorry, I forgot to ask; exactly what influence has The Catholic Church got in British politics because I don't think I've noticed any,quite the contrary in fact.
Originally posted by Freeborn
reply to post by infinite
Well, as Catholics are by far the largest minority within the UK then you would expect a certain amount of representation and lobbying.