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Ratzinger Was DRAFTED into Nazi Service (Francisco Wong-Diaz, USA, 01/02/23 4:21 am)

To nibble at David Duggan's errors (January 1st), Ratzinger and his brother were drafted by the Nazis as teenagers and he deserted from the service. Eventually he ended up in a POW camp.

Pope Benedict XVI took his role as the defender of the faith seriously. Although he was too conservative for some, he was respected. As someone else on WAIS noted, he was a weak manager and could not affect the changes needed by the Church. For that, I believe he failed to complete John Paul II's work.

JE comments:  Francisco, do you have a theory as to why Benedict resigned?  As I surmised earlier, the health excuse isn't fully convincing, as time would prove.  He lived for nearly ten additional years.

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