Is the pope a Nazi???

Question

The pope was once a member of the Hitler youth!

Looks like the Catholics are are Fascists and are going to invade England with their Luftwaffe!

I allways thought that Catholics didn't like Jews!

Answer 1

The pope is not very popular . . . he just might be a nazi. On a side note . . why do people kiss his ring? Seems rediculous if you ask me.

Answer 2

Suppose for a minute that Benedict XVI WAS a NAZI.

Suppose that he was not just an unwilling member of the Hitler Youth, suppose for a moment that he was the most evil, vile, Jew hating, virulent, NAZI ever, Hitler’s right hand man. As many of the anti-Catholics would have you believe.

And now he is a peace loving, grace filled, person who has devoted his life to the teachings of a Jew... And the leader of the worlds largest Christian church...

That says a lot about the transformative power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ doesn’t it? That says a LOT about the ability for redemption and reconciliation that is available through Christ doesn’t it?

Which is the more powerful message? Which one matters more?

Now... imagine that the Pope was a NAZI – but only unwillingly, as is most likely the case – and ask yourself...

So what? Who cares?

Is he still a NAZI?

Which matters more, what he was, or what he is?

Answer 3

Benedict wasnt in the SS, he was just a regular Luftwaffe Pilot (Luftwaffe is the name of the German AirForce)... the so called "Nazis" everyone thinks is the whole German nation in WW1 and WW2, NOOOOOOOOOOOO.... the Nazis were the Hitler Youth soldiers and the members of the SS... the regular soldiers were just following orders, just like now, when Bush gives out stupid commands, the army has no choice but to wage a useless war!!!

Benedict wasnt a member of the SS but a pilot..

From what ive read, 70% of the Luftwaffe pilotes didnt care about the war actually... they had friendly chats with the Allied POWs[...] (for more info pm me, its not the subject now) ...

Now then im not saying he was one of the good Pilots, like Adolf Galland, or Erik Hartmann... maybe he was one of the Nazi war monger pilots, who knows, i havent spoken to the Pope, and im not Catholic, so hence i dont care!

IF, and only IF, he was a member of the SS, and for those who know, the SS were after holy objects, then we might a little rumour going on... about the pope trying to find the HOLY Grail, just like the SS tryed, and eventually Failed!

But i highly doubt Pope was a member of the SS, hence Pope is a GOOD GUY!

Answer 4

Do you think that every draftee in the Nazi German Army was a Nazi? If you do then you are very naive.

All non-Jewish German youths were forced to join the Hitler youth. The Pope and his family were not Nazis.

Just hope and pray that you do not have to make a decision to live and fight for a government you do not believe in or be executed.

Do you believe that every German citizen was guilty of the holocaust. Even if they could do something about it, most did not even learn about the "final solution" until the war was over.

I know of some US soldiers that joined up eagerly to fight in Afghanistan after the World Trade Center attack. But now they have to fight in Iraq, a war that they do not think is just.

You and I live in a very different world that the Pope did in 1940s Germany. I suggest you do not be so quick to judge others.

With love in Christ.

Answer 5

According to the Pope he was forced into joining the Hitler youth. This is a very likely possibility at the time this was a very common thing. If you had the choice of joining the Nazis or dieing which would you choose

Answer 6

No, there is no credible evidence that the pope is a Nazi. Following his fourteenth birthday in 1941, Ratzinger joined the Hitler Youth as membership was legally required at the age of 14 after December 1936. According to one of Ratzinger's biographers, the National Catholic Reporter correspondent John Allen, he was an unenthusiastic member who refused to attend meetings. His father was a bitter enemy of Nazism, because he believed it was in conflict with their faith. In 1941 one of Ratzinger's cousins with Down syndrome was killed by the Nazi regime. In 1943, when he was 16, Ratzinger was drafted with many of his classmates into the Luftwaffenhelfer (Air Force Auxiliary) programme. After his class was released from the Corps in September 1944, Ratzinger was put to work setting up anti-tank defences in the Hungarian border area of Austria in preparation for the expected Red Army offensive. He was eventually drafted into the German army at Munich to receive basic infantry training in the nearby town of Traunstein. His unit served at various posts around the city and was never sent to the front. He deserted his post towards the end of the war. Ratzinger was briefly interned in an Allied prisoner-of-war camp near Ulm and was repatriated on June 19, 1945. The family was reunited when his brother, Georg, returned after being repatriated from a prisoner-of-war camp in Italy. There is no evidence to suggest

Answer 7

I'm a catholic, I have nothing against Jew's, don't tar all catholics with the one brush. Do you know any Irish catholic people. I think as far as Jewish people are concerned alot of us lack education. I dont think the pope is a nazi, the Hitler youth is also something I lack education on

Answer 8

It doesn't take too much incorrect information, along with stupidity and shallowness to add up to bigotry... The pope, as a young man, was forced, as many people his age were, to join the Hitler youth or be killed. He has renounced Hitlerism and all that it stands for, and has apologized for his having been a member of this organization. The Catholic Church found no basis for not accepting his explanation...

Answer 9

Hitler forced a lot of people into his party. Same with boxer Schmelling who fought Joe Louis. He was unwillingly associated to the Nazi's. Bottom line, we must judge him on his actions and words today, and not for activities he may have done 60 years ago.

Answer 10

Possibly.