Precisely what FR has been warning our own nation about...
Posted on 04/19/2005 9:52:18 AM PDT by Alouette
Too bad that as president of the Pontifical Biblical Commission he couldn't engage in an "ecumenical" defense of Biblical inerrancy and the Divine authoriship of the Torah. But I've commented so many times on this ironic situation ("philosemitism" going hand in hand with liberal Biblical theories) that I don't know what more to say on the subject.
As for hitting Ratzinger over the head with belonging to a compulsory government organization for young people, isn't that (compulsory national service) something the liberals have been advocating for decades?
PS: I will rejoice at "Catholic-Jewish relations" when the Vatican admits that G-d wrote the Torah.
Tomorrow the London Times will write about America's slave state President.
You missed the original thread. I see no reason it shouldn't be refuted.Papal hopeful is a former Hitler Youth
The new Pope devoutly believes that only Christians go to Heavan. He believes its his duty to remind people. The rabbis are having a lot of trouble with that already.
This matter can't be ignored. And while it's ugly, he appears to have been very reluctant to support the Nazis.
FReegards....
Liberal Leftist press strikes again--they just can't stomach someone with strong moral convictions leading the oldest and the largest institution on earth--Catholic Church. They would like to see "Progressive" (read radical revolutionary) instead of solid moral Conservative at the helm of every institution, including a religious one. We've already seen how out-of-control leftist liberalism can jeopardize the authority of the church. Episcopal Church in America is a perfect example of what happens when timeless truth is discarded in favor of popular sensibilities of the time.
Being drafted against his will to Hitler Youth and then to Wermaht (which he deserted in 1944), does not make Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) a Nazi. Anyone who is more or less familiar with the way totalitarian regimes work, should not blame him. As long as he did nothing terribly wrong, I have absolutely no problem with it.
I wish the New Pope all the best. I hope he will continue John Paul II legacy of reaching out to the world while standing firm on the ground of timeless values of human dignity and responsibility before each other and before God--transcendent and invisible. I hope for more steps toward Orthodox-Catholic reconcilliation and more aggressive stance against moral relativism, leftism, sexual promiscuity, "progressivism", Anti-Semitism and other destructive ideologies that endanger the moral integrity and the very survival of the Western Civilization.
well good to hear that.....though not a practicing catholic any more, I am glad to see a conservative figure in the Vatican.
I worked for a East German over 25 years ago in Colorado. He readily admitted being in the Hitler Youth, but added that there was really no choice in the matter. To decline brought undo attention to oneself and one's family from the Nazis.
I find it amazing that compulsory membership in the Hitler youth while one was 14 or 15 is fodder for the liberals, yet a man who was an adult Klan leader gets a pass as a Senate leader.
Here is a link to the text of his homily at JPII's funeral.
Got any good links to the meltdown?
My sister is already calling him a "hitler pope" 'cuz she's listening to the media. I just sent her this so she can read for herself.
Yeah, unfortunately, in some ways, she's one of the sheeple
"On Monday, Ratzinger, who was the powerful dean of the College of Cardinals, used his homily at the Mass dedicated to electing the next pope to warn the faithful about tendencies that he considered dangers to the faith: sects, ideologies like Marxism, liberalism, atheism, agnosticism and relativism - the ideology that there are no absolute truths."
From the Drudge Report. Who can argue with this??
What Order was Ratzinger ordained in???
In the next several weeks there will be numerous polls run showing that "Americans do not agree" and that "Americans do not support". Take it from this imperfect Catholic; we believe and we support.
Yep... you're right. The polling is inevitable.
How does he define Christians? Catholics only?
God bless Pope Benedict XVI!
Precisely what FR has been warning our own nation about...
It certainly added to the feeling of watching history in the making.
Which rabbis are you specifically referring to?
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