Nobody expects the German Inquisition!

[jackshoegazer]

MEET THE NEW POPE!

Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger

Cardinal Ratzinger has been head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - formerly known as the Holy Office of the Inquisition - since 1981.

One of his first campaigns was against liberation theology, which had gained ground among priests in Latin America and elsewhere as a means of involving the Church in social activism and human rights issues.

He has described homosexuality as a "tendency" towards an "intrinsic moral evil". During the US election campaign, he called for pro-choice politicians to be denied Communion.

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[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

all that, and he looks so snuggly too

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Ooh, don't forget he was in the Hitler Youth when he was 14.

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

are you serious?

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

I heard it on the radio this morning. Something like he was recruited when he was 14 but then defected in his 20s.

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

w.t.f......

pope's shouldn't be former hitler youth. i don't care if it was just to avoid getting shot in the head, it should still disqualify.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

"Ratzinger's past includes brief membership of the Hitler Youth movement and wartime service with a German army anti- aircraft unit."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1572667,00.html

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

that's going to go over well.

not fuckin cool.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

And this is the SPIRITUAL LEADER of 1.1 BILLION PEOPLE!!!!

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

i just don't see my best friends' family and my good buddy jason following an ex-nazi as their spiritual leader. i think that kind of thing would disenfranchise a LOT of people. the times article emphasizes they don't know if he committed atrocities or not, i'm not convinced that it MATTERS.

is there a way to get a recall vote on the pope?

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

No recall. He's got the job till he's dead. I've said it before, I'll say it again, "He's the buttplug in an already constipated Christianity."

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

that's so funny, so sick and wrong, and yet so apt.

i'm leaving for work now. wish me early dismissal and no calls.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

EARLY DISMISSAL NO CALLS!