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xiphias ([personal profile] xiphias) wrote2005-04-19 01:02 pm
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Well, there goes the Catholic Church. . .

So, we went from a Pope who, in WWII helped a Jewish refugee, to a Pope who, in WWII, was a Hitler youth.

Any bets how long until the majority of American Catholics form a schismatic church and just get away from Rome?

My money's on fifteen minutes.

[identity profile] copperpoint.livejournal.com 2005-04-19 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I keep hearing two things:
1) He was in the hitler youth.
2) It was mandatory at the time.

Of course the people who keep pointing out that it was mandatory and how little he enjoyed it are himself and the people who elected him pope. I know normally I'm pretty cynical, but I don't think he's spent years hiding his anti-semitism just to reveal it now that he's pope.