Musings on Nazism, God, and the Pope

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Thanks for the input and the background. It's good to hear your perspective.

I don't put it past anyone in the human race to do what they need to in order to survive. I don't blame him for not trying harder to stand up against the party. But I really have to agree with Greg. Friends, priests, doctors who faced such a choice and chose to join up? Hey, we're all human. This guy's the pope.

Sure, sure. Augustine was a rabble-rouser and then became a saint. Everyone is human. I wish that the final word on doctrine didn't lay with a human, though. Maybe that's my central concern with the mess?

I actually think my central concern isn't with his time in the German services, though. It's the things he's said recently that are so terribly disconcerting.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

I actually think my central concern isn't with his time in the German services, though. It's the things he's said recently that are so terribly disconcerting.

In some ways it's the combination of the two that are unsettling. It seems the Catholic church took it's time to deal with it's own colaboration with the Nazis that this selection sort of smacks a bit of arrogance. Likewise some of the positions the church has taken about sexually abusive priests. It doesn't serve their image well - at least here in the states.