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minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoWell, during WW2 the Catholic church collaborated with them.
minus-squareBakkoda@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoJust a tiny little dot on the otherwise blemish free history of the Catholic Church.
minus-squareIamSparticles@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoPeople have already forgotten that Benedict XVI was literally a member of the Hitler Youth and a soldier in the German military.
minus-squarefutatorius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoNeither of which was his choice. His ultraconservative, authoritarian opinions after that are his own fault, though, as is his protection of pedophile priests.
Is the Pope a Nazi?
Well, during WW2 the Catholic church collaborated with them.
Just a tiny little dot on the otherwise blemish free history of the Catholic Church.
They already had one of those.
People have already forgotten that Benedict XVI was literally a member of the Hitler Youth and a soldier in the German military.
Neither of which was his choice.
His ultraconservative, authoritarian opinions after that are his own fault, though, as is his protection of pedophile priests.