[Steve_Seattle]

Ratzinger would have been about six years old when the Nazis came to power, about twelve when WWII started, and about eighteen when it ended; for people to call him a "Nazi" because he was conscripted into the German Army for a brief period is really going too far.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Ratzinger would have been about six years old when the Nazis came to power, about twelve when WWII started, and about eighteen when it ended; for people to call him a "Nazi" because he was conscripted into the German Army for a brief period is really going too far.

Right. He wouldn't have served voluntarily.

[SolomoninSouthDakota]

"Ratzinger would have been about six years old when the Nazis came to power, about twelve when WWII started, and about eighteen when it ended; for people to call him a "Nazi" because he was conscripted into the German Army for a brief period is really going too far."

Just watch for all who call our Pope "Nazi". Then you will know the enemy. The enemy though, can be ignorance.

[madison10]

...for people to call him a "Nazi" because he was conscripted into the German Army for a brief period is really going too far.

I agree. His family opposed the Nazis & actually moved to avoid them. There were 100s forced into the German military at that time. It was join or die.

Funny how "nazi-ism" becomes a huge issue, but Robert Byrd's KKK membership as an adult is passed over by the same bunch.

[Ann Archy]

Could you please repeat that bio of Pope Benedict XVI on other Pope threads? Thanks. The MSM will have him running gas chambers and dring with Ivan the Terrible.

[Southern Federalist]

On this grotesque "Nazi" canard, see this from the Jerusalem Post -- not a journal noted for being soft on ex-Nazis.