Talk:Benedict XVI

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Hitler youth membership

I struck out the Hitler youth membership because it is absolutely irrelevant. As the note said: Membership was mandatory for all boys. He was the first and only pope to be a member because he was the first and only German pope to be born at that time. Benedict, afaik, served as a "Flakhelfer" (AA gun assistant). That is, he'd dig people out of the bomb shelters or their torn apart buildings. Not something I consider noteworthy as a negative aspect. My own family line was once saved by a Flakhelfer team. -6E23 (talk) 13:55, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Limbo entry

This part seems unwarranted:

In 2007 Pope Benedict decided that Limbo was never anything but a theory,[20] one which unlike the heliocentric model of the Solar System has never been officially condemned or warranted executions, so presumably all the unbaptized babies and those who lived before the time of Jesus are being tortured eternally in Hell for not being born into the right set of circumstances to receive salvation.

If you go to the Telegraph article cited in the footnote, the implication seems to be that they *don't* think the unbaptized babies are in Hell:

"There is greater theological awareness today that God is merciful and wants all human beings to be saved. Grace has priority over sin, and the exclusion of innocent babies from heaven does not seem to reflect Christ's special love for the little ones," the report says.

"Our conclusion is that the many factors that we have considered... give serious theological and liturgical grounds for hope that unbaptised infants who die will be saved and enjoy the beatific vision. We emphasise that these are reasons for prayerful hope, rather than grounds for sure knowledge."

And later:

Father Paul McPartlan, a British priest and a member of the commission, said: "We cannot say we know with certainty what will happen to unbaptised children but we have good grounds to hope that God in his mercy and love looks after these children and brings them to salvation." ^{— Unsigned, by: 68.9.231.142 / talk}

Update

Needs something on what he's done since "retiring". He's apparently been feuding with Francis (over issues including sexual abuse by the church) and supporting, or at least being supported by, far-rightists.[1] --Annanoon (talk) 12:54, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Also his blaming sexual abuse in the church on the sexual revolution. I believe he wrote a largish essay on it that could be read over. Féinléiriú (talk) 20:31, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Found it. 'The Church and the scandal of sexual abuse' Anyone who has time could summarise he views here Féinléiriú (talk) 20:35, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Factoid

Is this worth a mention? Anna Livia (talk) 18:02, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Last notable death of 2022?

The other place has not yet updated its main page. Anna Livia (talk) 10:38, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Is Jürgen Habermas a Nazi too?

I don't think Benedict XVI was a nazi just because he was part of the Hitler's Youth. IIRC everyone under a certain age was forced into it. Again, Jürgen Habermas was also a member. Either they're both Nazis or none of them are IMO. I think we should remove the "nazis" category from this article. Thoughts? GeeJayK^{Where all evil dwells} _{Where every lie is true} 18:40, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

i'd go ahead and remove. the article itself pretty much says he was not a nazi AMassiveGay (talk) 19:55, 7 March 2023 (UTC)