Worst Pope Ever

[andrewducker]

I'm actually pretty pleased in some ways - by moving, in many ways, even further in a conservative direction the church has made it more likely that it will lose members in the west, and possibly even provoke a schism.

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[oldbaldchris.livejournal.com]

Cant`t agree on worst pope ever - hes German so at least hes organised , lol. On a more serious note many of my German (catholic) colleagues and friends are annoyed at this Nazi rubbish from his past being dragged up. Every boy at that time was "encouraged" to join the Hitler Youth. It means nothing. As it happens one of the partners at my firm was also a member and has a few interesting stories to tell.
Also since he is already 78 , I don`t think he's going to be here that long anyway and then we will have to go through the same shit all over again.

[andrewducker]

Yeah - the hitler youth thing has been completely blown out of proportion - he actually deserted from the army for goodness sake!

[rainstorm.livejournal.com]

The cynic in me says "but only when they were about to lose the war" ;)

I agree - the hitler youth thing is being used in a silly way. But still, he's ultra-conservative so I think I'll be disagreeing with most of what he says.

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

Me too. :)