You say that there is "no evidence" only because you ignore eye-witness accounts (the only evidence there is for most family incidents) and archived papers and documents (the sources for historians like Pinchas Lapide). Thus a large counterweight of evidence seems to slide off of you without making any discernable impression; however the up-side is that many other people get the opportunity to read, to judge, to evaluate.
Here at Free Republic, there are always more "views" than there are "replies". And those for whom evidence is not entirely irrelevant, get the benefit of a richer fare partly because of your persistence.
See? There's grace everywhere.
For instance, you have given me the welcome opportunity to refute the libel that Joseph Ratzinger's father was an SS officer. In fact, Joseph Ratzinger, Sr., was a rural Bavarian police officer who served in both the Bavarian State Police (Landespolizei) and the German national Regular Police (Ordnungspolizei) before retiring in 1937. He was an open opponent of the SS.
The Sunday Times (UK)--- not, incidentally, "Catholic propagandists" ---- described the older Ratzinger as "an anti-Nazi whose attempts to rein in Hitler’s Brown Shirts forced the family to move several times." He opposed the Reich's reorganization and absorption of legitimate local police, and according to the New York Times --- also not "Catholic propagandists" --- the family's frequent relocations were directly related to Joseph Ratzinger, Sr.'s continued resistance to Nazism, which resulted in demotions and transfers. The pope's brother Georg said: "Our father was a bitter enemy of Nazism because he believed it was in conflict with our faith".
On a different topic: some FReepers may be interested in gaining a better understanding of what the Catholic Church teaches about "subsidiarity." It's the opposite and antidote to "socialism," and it is at the core of a real Catholic understanding of a just society. Many Catholics don't understand this because of the garbled and fragmentary level of teaching, especially in the US, but here's a good reference, supplied by FReeper Salvation:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2288331/posts
This is all relevant to Pope Benedict, since the editorial board for the Catechism was chaired by none other than Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.
Thank you again.
I want to thank you for once again posting an intelligent and respectful post.
I admire your presence here.
I also appreciate all the facts you presented for others who read but may not post.
God bless.
ROE