Pope Benedict XVI

xoxoxoBruce · 04-19-2005, 08:32 PM

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Joseph Ratzinger was born in Marktl am Inn, in Bavaria, the son of a police officer who was staunchly anti-Nazi. In 1937 Ratzinger's father retired and settled in the town of Traunstein. When Ratzinger turned 14 in 1941, he joined the Hitler Youth, as was required by a 1938 law. According to National Catholic Reporter correspondent and biographer John Allen, Ratzinger was an unenthusiastic member who refused to attend any meetings. In 1943, at the age of 16, he and the rest of his class were drafted into the Flak or anti-aircraft corps, responsible for guarding a BMW plant outside Munich. This plant manufactured aircraft engines and used slave labor from the Dachau concentration camp. He was then sent for basic infantry training and was posted to Austrian-Hungarian border, where he worked setting up anti-tank defenses. After being shipped back to Bavaria, he deserted in May 1945 and returned to Traunstein.

Doesn't sound like he was a very good Nazi.

lookout123 · 04-19-2005, 08:35 PM

radar is just getting us set up for his rant about being more influential than this pope when he dies in a couple of years.

Troubleshooter · 04-19-2005, 08:55 PM

Radar is just jealous that he hasn't lived long enough or in interesting enough times to have accumulated any of his own interesting dirt to be derided about.

glatt · 04-19-2005, 11:13 PM

Has anyone else noticed the new pope looks a lot like the evil emperor Palpatine from the Star Wars movies?

Pie · 04-20-2005, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Has anyone else noticed the new pope looks a lot like the evil emperor Palpatine from the Star Wars movies?

Thank you for saying that!! I thought I was going out of my mind.

glatt · 04-20-2005, 07:49 AM

The Pope:

glatt · 04-20-2005, 07:50 AM

The evil Emperor from Star Wars:

wolf · 04-20-2005, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Doesn't sound like he was a very good Nazi.

Nobody was, after they lost.

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