tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112981.post111393091003734036..comments2023-10-26T06:19:35.938-07:00Comments on The American Mastodon: MEET THE NEW POPE, SAME AS THE OLD POPEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112981.post-1113946987460215582005-04-19T14:43:00.000-07:002005-04-19T14:43:00.000-07:00Ooh man, apocalypse-watchers are gonna have a fiel...Ooh man, apocalypse-watchers are gonna have a field day w/ this. Some conservative protestant groups believe the pope will play a key role in end times stuff, i.e. supporting the anti-christ.BK/CKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973092364301462495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112981.post-1113944296421435782005-04-19T13:58:00.000-07:002005-04-19T13:58:00.000-07:00Yay Pope! I can understand, though, because he di...Yay Pope! I can understand, though, because he did have a badly infected finger.Mathishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476038719165077711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112981.post-1113942962790617062005-04-19T13:36:00.000-07:002005-04-19T13:36:00.000-07:00Here's a good article about Pope Bernard's past as...Here's <A HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1572667,00.html" REL="nofollow">a good article</A> about Pope Bernard's past as a member of the Hitler Youth.<BR/><BR/><EM>In 1937 Ratzinger’s father retired and the family moved to Traunstein, a staunchly Catholic town in Bavaria close to the Führer’s mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden. He joined the Hitler Youth aged 14, shortly after membership was made compulsory in 1941. <BR/><BR/>He quickly won a dispensation on account of his training at a seminary. “Ratzinger was only briefly a member of the Hitler Youth and not an enthusiastic one,” concluded John Allen, his biographer. <BR/><BR/>Two years later Ratzinger was enrolled in an anti-aircraft unit that protected a BMW factory making aircraft engines. The workforce included slaves from Dachau concentration camp. <BR/><BR/>Ratzinger has insisted he never took part in combat or fired a shot — adding that his gun was not even loaded — because of a badly infected finger. He was sent to Hungary, where he set up tank traps and saw Jews being herded to death camps. He deserted in April 1944 and spent a few weeks in a prisoner of war camp.</EM>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112981.post-1113934420264979952005-04-19T11:13:00.000-07:002005-04-19T11:13:00.000-07:00Well, I doubt they'll mention it on Fox News, but ...Well, I doubt they'll mention it on Fox News, but yes, he was.Mathishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476038719165077711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112981.post-1113933460866539502005-04-19T10:57:00.000-07:002005-04-19T10:57:00.000-07:00Ratzinger wasn't really a member of the Hitler You...Ratzinger wasn't really a member of the Hitler Youth, was he?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com