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Apr 29, '05, 3:31 am
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Is our new pope seriously a nazi?
Is our new pope seriously a nazi? Because at my school that is what everyone is saying.What is the history on our new pope.I have to go to the dntistnow to get3 cavities filled and a tooth pulled! Ill be back on.Reply ASAP
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Apr 29, '05, 3:35 am
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Is our new pope seriously a nazi? Because at my school that is what everyone is saying.What is the history on our new pope.I have to go to the dntistnow to get3 cavities filled and a tooth pulled! Ill be back on.Reply ASAP
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When Joseph Razinger was 14, he was enrolled against his will into Hitler's Youth. His parents got him out so he could study for the priesthood. When he was 16, he was drafted into the German army as a munitions worker (very common). He deserted (an offense that could have lead to his execution). While he was in a deserter status, he was captured by Americans and spent time as a POW until the war ended. So, while he did spend time in the German army during WWII, it was involuntary and he resisted in as much as a teenager can resist.
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Apr 29, '05, 3:35 am
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Re: New pope
The Pope was a young boy in Germany during WWII and at that time every young boy was required to be enrolled in the Hitler Youth. He had no voluntary involvement with the Nazis.
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Apr 29, '05, 3:38 am
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Re: New pope
he certainly wasn't nazi by choice.
p.s. hope that tooth emergency turns out well.
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Apr 29, '05, 6:53 am
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Re: New pope
And even if he WAS a Nazi by choice (NOT saying he was - obviously he wasn't) but even if he was big deal. The Apostle Paul persecuted Christians before his conversion & look at how God was able to change his heart & use him. That's the most wonderful thing about God, IMO - that there is forgivness for the most horrible of offenses so even a Nazi could become a new person in Christ.
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Apr 29, '05, 8:32 am
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And even if he WAS a Nazi by choice (NOT saying he was - obviously he wasn't) but even if he was big deal. The Apostle Paul persecuted Christians before his conversion & look at how God was able to change his heart & use him. That's the most wonderful thing about God, IMO - that there is forgivness for the most horrible of offenses so even a Nazi could become a new person in Christ.
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Well put. This is something the anti-Catholic media is trying to put out. Pay no attention to them. The new Pope has been called God's rottweiler as a derogatory remark. The 2 rottweilers I know are good dogs but you would not want to mess with their masters when they are around, so personally I would love to be God's rottweiler.
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Apr 29, '05, 10:05 am
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Re: Is our new pope seriously a nazi?
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Apr 29, '05, 12:13 pm
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Re: Is our new pope seriously a nazi?
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Yes, these are both excellent articles. Read them both word for word so that you may know the truth about what young Joseph Ratzinger went through. He is as far from a Nazi as anyone can be.
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Apr 29, '05, 4:42 pm
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Re: Is our new pope seriously a nazi?
He's NINO at the most. nazi in name only
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