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Little is known of the Pope's role during the Nazi era. Documents show that he served in an anti-aircraft unit near Munich and he also seems, briefly, to have been a member of the Hitler Youth ...
NARRATOR: On the April 19, 2005, white smoke rises above the roofs of Rome. A new pope has been elected. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger becomes Pope Benedikt XVI. For the first time in centuries, a German takes the reigns of the Catholic Church. This, too, makes headlines. English newspaper The Sun runs the story ‘From Hitler Youth to Papa Ratzi.'.
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Jan 3, 2023 · Last modified on Mon 16 Jan 2023 12.39 EST. In his obituary of Pope Benedict ( 31 December ), Peter Stanford writes that membership of the Hitler Youth was compulsory for the Ratzinger boys. It ...
Dec 31, 2022 · Benedict XVI leaves behind a complex legacy as a Pope and theologian. To many observers, Benedict, who died on Dec. 31, 2022 at the age of 95, was known for criticizing what he saw as the modern ...
Pope Francis, left, embraces Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, at the Vatican, June 28, 2017. (L’Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP) “The problem that Benedict really had was an image problem ...
Apr 20, 2005 · Pope Benedict XVI, now 78, had his own brush with warfare as a young boy growing up in Nazi Germany. At age, 14 membership in Germany's "Hitler Youth" became mandatory. So Joseph Ratzinger ...
Apr 3, 2014 · Pope Benedict XVI grew up under war reparations from World War I, as the Nazi regime was gaining power. He was briefly a member of the Hitler Youth in his early teens after membership became ...
