2007-11-06 05:24:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I bet all of you who think this question is ridiculous couldn't handle the truth about your Pope's and Bishops of the Catholic church rubbing elbows and hailing Hitler. But don't be afraid, remember "the truth will set you free!" A picture is worth a thousand words! http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Roman%20Catholicism/former_hitler_youth_elected_pope.htm
2007-11-06 05:59:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No.
+ The Pope +
As a teenager and young man, Pope Benedict XVI was drafted into the Hitler Youth and the Nazi German Army just like every other non-Jewish German male. He was not given a choice.
The Pope is not and never has been a Nazi. He unfortunately was born and grew up in a country ruled by the Nazi party.
Every draftee into the Hitler Youth and the Nazi German Army was not a Nazi.
Thank God that you and I live in a very different world that the Pope did in 1930s and 1940s Germany. Or do we?
+ Hitler +
Although Hitler was raised in a Catholic family, he turned away from Christianity at an early age.
Automatic excommunication happens when Catholics commit certain offensives. This happens as soon as the offense is committed.
Adolf Hitler committed the following offenses resulting in automatic excommunication:
- Apostasy - the formal renunciation of one's religion. Hitler specifically rejected the Catholic Church, as well as Christianity in general. He described himself as "a complete pagan.”
- Heresy - a doctrine in theology, religion, philosophy, or politics at variance with those of the Catholic Church. Nazism is definitely heretical to Christianity.
There was no reason for the Catholic Church to excommunicate Hitler. He did it all by himself.
For Hitler's own words against Christianity, see: http://www.geocities.com/chiniquy/Hitler.html
For more information about excommunication, see: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05678a.htm
And: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excommunicate#Automatic_excommunication
+ With love in Christ.
2007-11-06 16:10:39 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My father was a member of the Gestapo, but he didn't think that Hitler should be recommended for sainthood. His love for Germany far outweighed his love for Hitler. In Benedict's case, he was just a kid, he didn't know any better. Stop being retarded, and go read a book.
2007-11-06 05:43:46 · answer #3 · answered by Kemp the Mad African 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Hardly.
Being a part of the Hitler Youth was not uncommon at all in Nazi Germany. Many Germans had no idea what Hitler's actual plans were...least of all the KIDS who were involved in Hitler *YOUTH*.
I seriously don't understand why people get so hung up on his involvement with HY. He was A KID. He was under the leadership of a charismatic leader who was a master of propaganda. I hardly think he's just waiting to unleash his own Final Solution.
2007-11-06 05:30:59 · answer #4 · answered by War Games AM 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋
No. Pope Benedict was in the Hitler Youth program, however, he was forced to join against his will. He actually deserted the program, risking his own life.
So it's unfair to call the pope a Nazi or say that he'd recommend Hitler for sainthood.
2007-11-06 05:27:46 · answer #5 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 4⤊ 4⤋
No. Just because he was a Hitler youth doesn't mean he supported what Hitler did. Thousands of young children were brainwashed or pressured into joining, and had to for their own safety and the safety of their families.
2007-11-06 05:28:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
what was Hitler's second miracle?
2007-11-06 05:27:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
well, he was just trying to propel xianity by exterminating the competition, so why not?
2007-11-06 05:27:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
no....
2007-11-06 05:27:31 · answer #9 · answered by Jacob Dahlen 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋