I’ve been trying to remember…

I’ve been trying to remember where I knew Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger from. It’s been eating away at me. I knew I had heard of him before the conclave and before he was a “contender.” He did something, I just couldn’t remember what.

Well, Drudge points us to an article in Yahoo News…

In a June 2004 letter to US bishops enunciating principles of worthiness for communion recipients, Ratzinger specified that strong and open supporters of abortion should be denied the Catholic sacrament, for being guilty of a “grave sin.”

That’s where I knew his name from. He was at the center of the “no communion for the baby-killer” debate, and how Kerry, the “strong Catholic” was going to legalize baby killing whenever possible but receive communion anyway despite his “personal belief” that it was wrong; yet another position he paid lip service to but did nothing to support.

The letter from the Vatican actually had an impact, according to AFP:

Nevertheless, in the November election, a majority of Catholic voters, who traditionally supported Democratic Party candidates, shifted their votes to Republican and eventual winner George W. Bush.

They sure did. All those wacko Jesus-freaks thumbed their nose at Senator Kerry, and it had a lot to do with then Cardinal Ratzinger.

I knew I liked this guy for a reason.

Source: AFP/Yahoo via Drudge

Kricket

Ok, that’s why the name is so familiar… Gary has had it eating away at him as well.
http://www.voodootime.com justis

Yeah! No communion for sinners! Jesus would never stand for that kind of crap.

Sorry, Vinny, I had to do it.
Patrick

In addition to the role he played in the election, he also made contributions to Nazi war efforts. A good man indeed…
pete from astoria

His contribution to the Nazi war efforts was that he was a member of the Nazi Youth, which was compulsory. Then when he was drafted into the German Army, he defected.
Are those the great contributions youÃre referring to Patrick?
Patrick

He did nothing to resist the Nazi regime; an act JPII risked his life attempting. So here we have a leader who should be an icon of moral rightousness but couldn’t muster enough courage to fight an embodiment of evil. Fascinating…
pete from astoria

Patrick,

I hear you, and I respect the point youÃre trying to make, but there are a couple of differences between John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
First JP II was 7 years older than Benedict XVI. This is key because when Hitler was in the prime of his power Benedict XVI was a teenager, JP II was already an adult. It would be unrealistic to expect a boy 14-18 years old to mount any kind of resistance against the Nazi regime.
Also, Benedict XVIÃs family was known to be very anti-Nazi, they moved several times to avoid being arrested.
I donÃt know of any Jewish organization, so far, that has raised any issues concerning Benedict XVI. In fact, the ADL has expressed admiration for him, and support his election.
ThatÃs why I donÃt see any validity to your claims.
Patrick

You’re right, his family was very anti-Nazi. I think his father may have been involved in some sort of organized rebellion. However, your argument that his physical and/or emotional immaturity impeded his ability to aid such resistance seems flawed. He more than likely would have had enough moral support from his family and their ilk in doing whatever he could to fight the regime. With respect to his undeveloped body: as far as I know, JPII wasn’t involved in any violent resistance. Could’a done something similar…

This argument is getting frivolous. To borrow a term from our good friend Rhazes, “see the bull tire and sweat,” or something to that effect.
Kricket

Ok, that’s why the name is so familiar… Gary has had it eating away at him as well.
http://www.voodootime.com/ justis

Yeah! No communion for sinners! Jesus would never stand for that kind of crap.

Sorry, Vinny, I had to do it.
Patrick

In addition to the role he played in the election, he also made contributions to Nazi war efforts. A good man indeed…
pete from astoria

His contribution to the Nazi war efforts was that he was a member of the Nazi Youth, which was compulsory. Then when he was drafted into the German Army, he defected.
Are those the great contributions youÃre referring to Patrick?
Patrick

He did nothing to resist the Nazi regime; an act JPII risked his life attempting. So here we have a leader who should be an icon of moral rightousness but couldn’t muster enough courage to fight an embodiment of evil. Fascinating…
pete from astoria

Patrick,

I hear you, and I respect the point youÃre trying to make, but there are a couple of differences between John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
First JP II was 7 years older than Benedict XVI. This is key because when Hitler was in the prime of his power Benedict XVI was a teenager, JP II was already an adult. It would be unrealistic to expect a boy 14-18 years old to mount any kind of resistance against the Nazi regime.
Also, Benedict XVIÃs family was known to be very anti-Nazi, they moved several times to avoid being arrested.
I donÃt know of any Jewish organization, so far, that has raised any issues concerning Benedict XVI. In fact, the ADL has expressed admiration for him, and support his election.
ThatÃs why I donÃt see any validity to your claims.
Patrick

You’re right, his family was very anti-Nazi. I think his father may have been involved in some sort of organized rebellion. However, your argument that his physical and/or emotional immaturity impeded his ability to aid such resistance seems flawed. He more than likely would have had enough moral support from his family and their ilk in doing whatever he could to fight the regime. With respect to his undeveloped body: as far as I know, JPII wasn’t involved in any violent resistance. Could’a done something similar…

This argument is getting frivolous. To borrow a term from our good friend Rhazes, “see the bull tire and sweat,” or something to that effect.

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