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Tuesday, April 19, 2005 → by Danieru
Huge Entity favourite and infamously conservative Roman Catholic, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, crosses his fingers this week as voting starts for the election of the new PopeTM. But as many conservative Catholics rally for Ratzinger's cause questions are being raised about his relatively unknown past as a Hitler Youth. Will JR be evicted from the Big Bloke in the Sky house? You won't decide...However strong his actual connections to the Nazis might have been it would seem to me the ultimate irony to go from a Polish PopeTM straight to a Hitler Youth PopeTM. Check out the full story below and keep your hands clasped firmly together for a PopeTM with some Funk under his robes..."THE wartime past of a leading German contender to succeed John Paul II may return to haunt him as cardinals begin voting in the Sistine Chapel tomorrow to choose a new leader for 1 billion Catholics.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, whose strong defense of Catholic orthodoxy has earned him a variety of sobriquets including 'the enforcer', 'the panzer Cardinal' and 'God's rottweiler' is expected to poll around 40 votes in the first ballot as conservatives rally behind him.
Although far short of the requisite two-thirds majority of the 115 votes, this would almost certainly give Ratzinger, 78 yesterday, an early lead in the voting. Liberals have yet to settle on a rival candidate who could come close to his tally.
Unknown to many members of the church, however, Ratzinger's past includes brief membership of the Hitler Youth movement and wartime service with a German army anti- aircraft unit."
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April 19, 2005 2:05 AM
And, take a hint, an openly gay Anglican Bishop is obviously no stranger to special interest machinations. Of course his clique is going to propone their slant on whatever any historical or holy writings say. Just like the Nazis, just like the Masons, just like the Baptists. It's all good.
April 19, 2005 5:48 AM
Being the cool gay bishop trying to rebrand Jesus as gay... I like it just like that
April 20, 2005 8:10 AM
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