Prayers for Pope Emeritus Benedict.

[Buzz Rules]

Prayers for Pope Emeritus Benedict. May God bless and heal him.

 

[AnnaS]

 

[georgina]

He's 95. To me, a peaceful death would probably be best, especially if he is suffering in poor health.

This is what the current pope said - He is very sick, asking the Lord to console and sustain him in this witness of love for the Church, until the end," Francis said

 

[Southernmiss]

Yes, comfort, peace and an easy transition for Pope Emeritus.

We were told my Granny was declining and it would not be long about 2 weeks before she died. She was a week shy of her 97th birthday when she died.

Her body was just tired and worn out and began a slow transition.

I imagine it's similar for the Pope.

 

[trompettecon]

Prayers for Pope Emeritus Benedict. May God bless and heal him.

Did you know he was a Nazi? Actually part of the Hitler Youth...

 

[bobbiwoz]

Prayers for him.

 

[georgina]

Did you know he was a Nazi? Actually part of the Hitler Youth...

I used to be Catholic, and he was not my favorite pope by any means, but here ya go from the NY Times in 2005 -

Enrollment in the Hitler Youth was mandatory for any high school age student. After that, he served for a time in an antiaircraft unit that guarded a BMW plant outside Munich -- and there are photographs that show the young Ratzinger in the paramilitary uniform of what were called the flak units, composed of under-age soldiers assigned to antiaircraft guns.

But historians and Jewish groups agree that the pope's wartime record, which was very common to young men of his generation, has little if any significance today and certainly suggests no sympathy for the Nazis, then or now.

It is true that by an accident of history, Benedict XVI is a pope who once wore a Wehrmacht uniform. But as chief adviser to Pope John Paul II in matters of doctrine, he was, far more importantly, a central figure in one of the late pope's most highly publicized gestures -- apologizing for the role that Catholics played in the Holocaust.

 

[bobbiwoz]

@georgina, thank you for posting what I was looking for.

 

[fla4fun]

I am not Catholic, but I hope he is either healed or passes quickly and peacefully. I don’t like to hear that anyone is ill and suffering when they are beyond hope of recovery.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Did you know he was a Nazi? Actually part of the Hitler Youth...

If you knew the story, you wouldn’t say that. He was forced to join and never believed in that cause. To infer that is a disservice to a holy man who respects all.

 

[Buzz Rules]

I am not Catholic, but I hope he is either healed or passes quickly and peacefully. I don’t like to hear that anyone is ill and suffering when they are beyond hope of recovery.

Miracles happen every so often. So I will always have hope.

 

[Buzz Rules]

I used to be Catholic, and he was not my favorite pope by any means, but here ya go from the NY Times in 2005 -

Enrollment in the Hitler Youth was mandatory for any high school age student. After that, he served for a time in an antiaircraft unit that guarded a BMW plant outside Munich -- and there are photographs that show the young Ratzinger in the paramilitary uniform of what were called the flak units, composed of under-age soldiers assigned to antiaircraft guns.

But historians and Jewish groups agree that the pope's wartime record, which was very common to young men of his generation, has little if any significance today and certainly suggests no sympathy for the Nazis, then or now.

It is true that by an accident of history, Benedict XVI is a pope who once wore a Wehrmacht uniform. But as chief adviser to Pope John Paul II in matters of doctrine, he was, far more importantly, a central figure in one of the late pope's most highly publicized gestures -- apologizing for the role that Catholics played in the Holocaust.

Not to be the annoying guy, but I just wanted to point out many Catholics helped Jews during the Holocaust.