New Pope is Joseph Ratzinger - from Bavaria

[DrivinWest 73]

Benedict XVI... doesn't have quite the ring that JP "Tha Duece" has does it?

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whats all this about him being in the hitler youth?

[Topsy 35]

He wouldn't have had any choice, would he, flogger - stop trying to stir the shit.

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so its not true then?

[Topsy 35]

apparently he was, but as a child in that climate he wouldn't have had any choice. IIRC he also served in the army, but deserted before the end of the war.

 

I'm sure you know all this, you're just trying to stir things up.

Behave yourself

[Schotte 1,403]

 

it's a pretty pathetic chimney for the top of the sistine chapel, don'tcha think?

 

looks like something from the top of a campervan

 

 

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its temporary for the conclave i think - its not a permanent structure.

 

Nice they are sorted so soon. Good on them.

 

Some guy on the BBC is wittering on about some comments the new Pope made against the Anglican Church, anyone care to expand?

[Jules Winnfield 60]

 

In his memoirs, Ratzinger wrote that he was enrolled in the Nazi youth movement against his will when he was 14 in 1941, when membership was compulsory. He said he was soon let out because of his studies for the priesthood.

 

Two years later he was drafted into a Nazi anti-aircraft unit as a helper, a common taks for teenage boys too young to be soldiers. A year later he was released, only to be sent to the Austrian-Hungarian border to construct tank barriers.

 

He deserted the Germany army in May 1945 and returned to Traunstein -- a risky move, since deserters were shot on the spot if caught, or publicly hanged as examples to others.

http://www.ratzingerfanclub.com/

 

@keydeck

Maybe they think "Jospeh" is his middle name? :blink:

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He's got a few skeletons in his closet so my contacts from the Bavarian Jungle tell me.

you mean he's a mooshammer?

[eurovol 126]

For the first 18 years of his life, he was under the Nazi regime, but I don't hold that against him. My wife grew up in the DDR and was in the "Young Pioneers".

 

Here Schotte

Basically he said that the only way through Jesus is via the Catholic Church, not the Anglican Church or any other Christian base religion. In other words, it is Catholic or hell.

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He was in the Hitler Youth?

That is Mental...

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on days like this i'm glad i aint overly religious. its a farce.

people desperately need something to cling to.

quite possibly though, i just dont get it.

 

anyway i expect bmw will make his next popemobil. good luck to the ole fella.

will do wonders for bavarian tourism.

[Guest]

From Washington Times

 

 

As a native of Germany, cradle of the Protestant Reformation, Ratzinger is intimately familiar with Lutheranism -- all the more so as he is an expert on St. Augustine, whose theology has greatly influenced the thinking of Martin Luther, a former Augustinian monk.

Interesting as if you live in Bavaria you'd have the impression that all of Germany is Catholic.

 

Bet a lot of boys born now will be called Benedict.

[Topsy 35]

well, it is a nice name, after all :)

[perdido 6,083]

Wow this guy is really conservative. My folks back home are relieved. The world will not go to hell right now thanks to having a new pope. Hmmnnn...Oh well I will sleep the same anyway it goes. RECOVERING CATHOLICS OF THE WORLD UNITE!

[Guest]

Does this mean Bavaria will have a new holiday? Will Oktoberfest be a special event this year? Will the new PopeMobile be a BMW?

[Editor Bob 3,378]

Quote from: Slugger O'Toole - Smoke Signals...

 

That's William Hill up £15 and me down £15.

 

I should have known that the Germans always come good in the big tournaments.

There's an excellent summary of opinion on the result here: Eamon Fitzgerald - Benedict XVI

 

And a photo found via BBC News - Ratzinger Life in Pictures... (you'll recognise the buildings in the background, of course)

 

[lbherwick 8]

 

Well I am pleased its a German.  But I hope he is liberal on AIDS and condom usage.

 

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Is that supposed to be a joke? This guy is SOOO conservative he makes J.P. the 2nd look like a radical feminist!

 

So much for the Catholic church...change or die, guys.

[jml 365]

Good article Ed Bob. I had a bet going that IF he got it he would go with Benedict...should have done it properly and bet the farm on paddy power. Ah well. You lose some, you lose some more. The 'Benevolent Enforcer' has got quite a ring to it dont you think. <_<

[Ratboy 3]

Famous Benedicts in history!

 

 

Dirk Benedict aka Face man - surely he was the 16th?

[Katrina 4,522]

Well he was born on Easter Saturday to parents called Maria and Josef (really).

That a Bayerischer Sepp is now the big boss in the big church, well, that's a big deal.

He'll keep a solid line but at his age it is true that he's seen to be the interim choice.

I also wish that I'd had the money on.

Wonder when we'll get the visit? He could go and stand on the balcony at the Rathaus (makes a change from FC Bayern).