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In reply to the discussion: Corruption, Duplicitousness, and Lying are Important Christian Values, Apparently. [View all]Bretton Garcia
(970 posts)In order to preserve anonymity,.I can't say much more.
Though? Your link on Ratzinger should have told you that your source, which I recognize - his official bio - was written by his brother. Who is also a priest. Writing for his brother, and.for the Church.
You might expect his brother to cover for him. And don't forget all those times the Bible told priests that lying is godly.
Personally, I prefer the truth.
To be sure though, even the Church finally gagged on a Nazi Pope; when he resigned (semivoluntarily?) in favor of Francis, that was the first Papal resignation, they say, in about 500 years or more.,
Benedict had his excuses for being a Nazi. Joining the party was often all but compulsory. But having a pope who had once been even a reluctantly Nazi, finally did not seem Christlike enough to many.
It was too hard for many believers to imagine Jesus joining the Nazi Party, just because he felt he had to. Even under pressure.