Posted on 04/20/2005 1:32:19 PM PDT by marylandrepub1
In his teens, he was briefly a member of the Hitler Youth, drafted into the army and eventually deserted. He served time in a POW camp. In 1951, he was ordained and became a Cardinal in 1977. In 1981, Pope John Paul II appointed him head of the powerful Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, where he has served for the last quarter of a century.
He is widely viewed as a conservative theologian and a hard-line enforcer of Catholic Church doctrine. In the 1980s, Ratzinger was a fierce opponent of liberation theology.
He strongly opposes abortion, an increased role of women in the church, artificial birth control and homosexuality.
In 2003, Ratzinger's office issued instructions to Catholic politicians to vote against gay marriage. During last year's presidential election campaign, he advised US bishops to deny Communion to politicians who support abortion rights - who many saw as directly targeting Catholic presidential candidate, John Kerry. Ratzinger also publicly cautioned Europe against admitting Turkey to the European Union stating that the continent is essentially Christian
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The Christian left is going to need their own "wailing wall"
His name is Rat Zinger.
He zings Demonrats, and the Demonrat Party, and the Demonrats howl in protest.
Let the Libs scream all they want. It will sap thier strength.
He zings Demonrats, and the Demonrat Party, and the Demonrats howl in protest.
He he he
"Papa Ratzi"
Looks like a damn good resume to me!
But when did "reform" get redefined to mean fixing things that are not broken?
And the left is upset by "Anti-War?" Who'da thunk it?
Amy Goodman reports that the Cardinals elected a practicing Catholic. Nothing new here, move on.
"We need to talk about Christian values and how they're Democratic values," Dean said.
Any comments today, Reverend Dean?
They may be "left," but they surely aren't Christian.
I'm not Catholic, and differ vastly in theology than the Catholic Church, but I'll tell you what I love about this whole thing. The libs are so beside themselves for having no say, no pull, no recourse in any of these decisions that they're dropping kidney stones. I LOVE IT. LOVE IT, LOVE IT.
"I love the conspiracy rumor going around in their circles that Bush threaten the Vatican if certain people weren't chosen...LOL!"
Well, OF COURSE it's Bush's fault.
Same here. I love liberal whining, it's a good sign.
The 'christian left' is the dumbest damn term I have ever heard. The left openly denounces all Gods, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, etc. Humanism is the religion of the left.
And these are supposed to be the people for diversity?
I think the actual rumor claims that Rove, acting through his hand puppet, W, threatened the Vatican. They have to be very careful about accusing W of being dumb on one hand and attributing really clever stuff to him on the other.
AAAAAAAAAH HELLO!He is a Catholic Pope for goodness sake. Of course heis anti abortion and anti gay marriage and anti liberalism. Thank goodness for those who realize this.
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