Everyone look up what the qualifications are to REMAIN a Hitler Youth before you answer. Our pope was in Hitlers Youth until the END of the war. Many Germans have stated they fled or refused to be a part, in which case they were exiled. Our Pope did not resist and remained. Furthermore, he was part of an elite group of radicals. His Uncle was a Nazi elite. His uncles favorite nephew was our current Pope. If you cannot be objective for either side, do not answer. I think the facts will speak for themselves in this case. If you are a true believer, you will NOT try to hide truth. Many would agree that this man accepting the position of Pope, knowing the damage it would do to the catholic faith, shows his interests are self serving. Not a very noble act from a man that is crowned nobility. There is no question that he should ABDICATE his position, however, my question is about the Pope being a Nazi. You should hear what some of the locals think of him, the locals that fled to France.
2007-12-05 05:01:53 · 24 answers · asked by A True Believer 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He may nopt be a Nazi now but he was in the Hitler youth. As for his claim of bieng forced to join is debatable, however from the way he thinks, believes and what orgs. he appears to be still entrenched in that nazi mentality. Yes, I do believe that he is a fascist, homophobic and racsist person. Hopefully, even at his age, he can change, both for his own good and others. Being pope might give him a chance to.
2007-12-05 17:03:48 · answer #1 · answered by chinavagabond94122 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
As a teenager and young man, Joseph Ratzinger (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?
With love in Christ.
2007-12-05 16:43:08 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He may have been a Nazi at heart ( only he knows ) , but he naver was in the Nazi party , so far as I've ever read. Almost all boys his age joined the Hitler Youth . Kids are easily lead . I'm not defending him in any way , just keeping things in order . I was in the front-line infantry from France 'till we met the Russians in Czechoslovakia , so I have little respect for real Nazis . If he was elected by all of the cardinals , that's their business . Why should you or I care ?
2007-12-05 05:16:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Easy it is to point a finger at ones transgretions. Have we not all made mistakes?
I am no supporter of the idea of a Pope. I really don' believe God needs any imperfect human to act as his representative. The title of Pope is a man made thing and has no bearing on my life.
God does though express His desire for us to be forgiving, so even if the pope did participate in this type of thing as a young man I would say then that he is capable of changing his views for the better.
Yoda out
2007-12-05 05:08:15 · answer #4 · answered by Yoda 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's not just his Nazi past, which he has never repented of publicly.
John Cardinal Ratzinger aka Benedict II has been active in the Pro-Fascist organization, Opus Dei, which was originally created to raise funds for General Franco's Fascist army in the Spanish Civil war, throughout his career.
As head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, (the outfit that ran the Inquisition,) he led several crackdowns on Social Gospel Theologians.
Whether or not Ratzinger is an actual 4th Reicher, there is no question that this is a bad man.
2007-12-05 05:15:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Well we have all made mistakes in our youth. Yes, he was a Nazi during the war. Now he is not. We were all sinners, then we became saved by the grace of our eternal Lord, Jesus Christ. According to the bible, God will forgive if you ask for repentance, and we should not judge, so who are we to pass judgment on the Pope?
2007-12-05 05:16:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
One of the great things about the Christian faith is it believe in redemption. People who at some point did something wrong can have their lives turned around and made into something good instead.
If God took someone who was once a Nazi, and turns him around to become the head of the church, that would be a good thing.
You would prefer that he remained a Nazi??
2007-12-05 05:07:28 · answer #7 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I know he is a bad person , in my "spirit" my flesh crawls at a glance of him.
But ask yourself the question. Would God put a good man in a position that would bring destruction, or a man with evil intentions. Not just the pope ,look at the nations of the world. They are lining up like good soldiers , The american nazi will be Hillary Clinton and her demonkrats. But hey the work outlook is good you need a lot of carpenters to build all those political prisons and extermination camps.
2007-12-05 05:16:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
The European Pope uses excommunication the identical way Adolf Hilter used the gas chambers.
If a male minister legally marries a normal female for his wife, he's toast/excommunicated.
Married Christian ministers (Christians = Protestants; males to females) include:
Dr. Billy Graham, Dr. Robert Schuller, Sr., Bishop T.D. Jakes, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., etc.
2007-12-05 05:52:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
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2016-10-02 06:42:49 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋