Official Thread: There is a NEW POPE
CHRISTMASTIME IN IRAQ
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Originally Posted by HondaKitten
The new pope looks really scary! Anyone see that pic on MSN?
Fun fact of the day:
Ratzinger was a member of the Hitler Youth. I'm not kidding.
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CHRISTMASTIME IN IRAQ
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Of course, I was being unfair:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cardinal_Ratzinger
"When Ratzinger turned 14 in 1941, he was required by law to join the Hitler Youth , but according to his biographer John Allen he was not an enthusiastic member. In 1943, at the age of 16 he was, along with the rest of his class, drafted into the Flak or anti-aircraft corps, responsible for the guarding of a BMW plant outside Munich.
He was then sent for basic infantry training and was posted to Hungary, where he worked setting up anti-tank defences until he deserted in April 1944 (an offence punishable by death). In 1945 he was briefly held in an Allied POW camp. By June he was released, and he and his brother (Georg) entered a Catholic seminary."
"When Ratzinger turned 14 in 1941, he was required by law to join the Hitler Youth , but according to his biographer John Allen he was not an enthusiastic member. In 1943, at the age of 16 he was, along with the rest of his class, drafted into the Flak or anti-aircraft corps, responsible for the guarding of a BMW plant outside Munich.
He was then sent for basic infantry training and was posted to Hungary, where he worked setting up anti-tank defences until he deserted in April 1944 (an offence punishable by death). In 1945 he was briefly held in an Allied POW camp. By June he was released, and he and his brother (Georg) entered a Catholic seminary."
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Originally Posted by Epoch
Fun fact of the day:
Ratzinger was a member of the Hitler Youth. I'm not kidding.
:eek43214239745t1:
Ratzinger was a member of the Hitler Youth. I'm not kidding.
:eek43214239745t1:
Greeeeaaaat. Kinda scary that someone only a few years younger then my senile grandfather as so much influence over the world... and a former Hitler youth to boot.
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Originally Posted by EriksShadow
Greeeeaaaat. Kinda scary that someone only a few years younger then my senile grandfather as so much influence over the world... and a former Hitler youth to boot.
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So you think they are all going to kick back and split the tail of some fresh young alter boy?
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