The Nazi Pope

"A lie repeated often enough becomes truth."

I'm sick of hearing Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, being referred to as a Nazi.

Of course, it's not surprising to hear liberals call people "Nazis". We've heard that Bush is a Nazi. Cheney is a Nazi. Generally, it's a term liberals apply to anyone with whom they disagree. For instance, Senator Robert Byrd used it to refer to Republicans in regard to the judicial nominee debate.

In the case of Pope Benedict, it's a bit different. Unlike Bush and other conservatives, he actually was involved with Nazism; however, not as a supporter of Hitler, but as a victim.

In spite of the unfortunate headline, The Sun explains the Pope's connection to the dark force of Nazism.

Young Joseph was just six when Hitler came to power. He was sheltered from the Nazi movement by his father, who moved the family several times in an attempt to escape Hitler’s tentacles.

When his father retired in 1937, the family moved to Traunstein, a staunchly Catholic Bavarian town.

Joseph joined the Hitler Youth in 1941, shortly after membership became compulsory as World War II raged. Two years later he was sent to join an anti-aircraft unit.

The new Pontiff insists he never fired a shot.

And in April 1944, after being sent to Hungary, where he saw Jews being herded to death camps, he deserted.

His elder brother Georg, who was ordained as a priest in 1951 at the same time as Joseph, said that resistance to joining the Hitler Youth movement was "truly impossible".

And the Pope’s supporters say that his experiences under the Nazis convinced him of the church’s role as the guardian of truth and freedom.
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It took great courage to desert. No doubt, that move could have cost young Joseph his life. Although required to join the Hitler Youth movement, he refused to stay.

The new Pope took a stand against the atrocities he saw being committed. He rejected the evil of Nazism.

Pope Benedict XVI is NOT the Nazi pope.