The New Wearer of the Funny Hat
Meet Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, former right-hand-man to Pope John Paul II, theological know-it-all (not to be confused with barfly know-it-all John Ratzenberger), and purveyor of the same old out-of-touch BS we've come to expect from the Catholic Church:
He wrote a letter of advice to U.S. bishops on denying communion to politicians who support abortion rights, which some observers viewed as a slam at Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry. He publicly cautioned Europe against admitting Turkey to the European Union and wrote a letter to bishops around the world justifying that stand on the grounds that the continent is essentially Christian in nature. In another letter to bishops worldwide, he decried a sort of feminism that makes women "adversaries" of men.And now, meet Pope Benedict XVI.
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He once called homosexuality a tendency toward "intrinsic moral evil" and dismissed the uproar over priestly pedophilia in the United States as a "planned campaign" against the church.
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From Wikipedia: "When Ratzinger turned 14 in 1941, he was forced to join the Hitler Youth, as all young men were required to do throughout World War II. According to biographer John Allen, Ratzinger was an unenthusiastic member who refused to attend any meetings. In 1943, at the age of 16 he was, along with the rest of his class, drafted into the Flak or anti-aircraft corps, responsible for the guarding of a BMW plant outside Munich. He was then sent for basic infantry training and was posted to Hungary, where he worked setting up anti-tank defences until deserting in April 1945."
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