Julie with a B

Tuesday, April 19, 2005
 
The new Pope...
Not my place to have an opinion about the new Pope. There was a riffle of concern in my mind when I heard about a bit of his background. This helps to explain a bit. I hope.

From The Scotsman:
"Some have questioned whether the new Pope showed pro-Nazi sentiment as a teenager in Germany during the Second World War. But in his memoirs, the new Pope says he was enrolled in the Hitler Youth against his will when he was 14, when membership was compulsory, and that he was allowed to leave to study as a priest.
Paul Spiegel, head of Germany’s main Jewish organisation, dismissed concerns over Pope Benedict’s past, saying: "We are certain that he will continue on the path of reconciliation between Christians and Jews that John Paul II began."

- posted by JulieB @ 6:18 PM
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