[HajdukSplit]

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany is the new Pope and he will be called Benedict XVI. He is the first German Pope since the 11th century.
:thumbsup:

 

[grba2]

Long live Pope Benedict XVI!!!!!!!!!

 

[IVO]

He's pretty old, looks like they didn't want to elect a Pope that would be around for too long a time.

It's gonna take some time to get used to saying Pope Benedict instead of John Paul.

 

[HajdukSplit]

yeah he is 78 years old, born in 1927.

 

[IVO]

I'm a bit concerned personally. Apparently he's conservative and I don't think that's what the church needs today. It's losing Latin America because it doesn't seem to be in touch with today's reality.

Not that I necessarily believe in it, but isn't this supposed to be the second last Pope according to Nostradamus? And isn't his time as Pope supposed to be short?

 

[Kralj]

Yes you are correct ivo. i dont mean to cause any trouble and maybe i shouldnt even say this but ive heard rumblings from my catholic friends that he used to be a nazi.

 

[IVO]

I've heard he was and I've heard he wasn't. Unless people show some proof they really should keep quiet.

 

[croatian batman]

Yes you are correct ivo. i dont mean to cause any trouble and maybe i shouldnt even say this but ive heard rumblings from my catholic friends that he used to be a nazi.

He was in the Hitler youth. He was conscripted as were most boys in Germany during that time. His father was an adamant anti-Nazi.

 

[Ambis]

Not that I necessarily believe in it, but isn't this supposed to be the second last Pope according to Nostradamus? And isn't his time as Pope supposed to be short?

If we listen to Nostradamus then the world should have been over by now :dontcare:

 

[IVO]

Not necessarily, we could misinterpret things and timelines, or he could have things right but timelines wrong. It would be good of you if you could provide a full translation of his writings. I'll wait :hopefull:

:tongue:

 

[Ambis]

Yes of course remember he did predict 9/11 according to some of the tabloids he said that two metal birds would hit the two tall brothers in the sky :lala: :scared:

 

[Ero]

nostradamus and his "predictions" are an incredible waste of time, and equally astounding that such myths have survived.

Good luck to the Pope for the duration of his pontificate.

 

[Ero]

ambis, you were misinformed. That was a hoax e-mail making rounds on the net, there was never any such prediction by Nostradamus in any of his poems.

Of nostradumus' 1,000+ "predictions", none have come true. Not one.


Some may have been interpreted as being accurate, but only with the luxury of hindsight and a retrospective stance by hard-core "believers".

 

[JAMAICA]

...long live pope... and i' hope that he will be 1/2 like ivan pavao II

 

[HajdukSplit]

about the nazi thing...when he was 14 like all young boys his age in Germany were forced in the Hitler Youth but he was not a believer in the Nazi party.

 

[Hajduk_Hrvatska]

Long live Benedicht XVI!

I think he'll do a good job.

 

[Ljubuski]

Great post Ero.

And Long Live Pope Benedict XVI!!!

 

[Ero]

thanks ljubo

 

[Lista]

I wish all the best to our new Pope.

 

[Hajduk_Hrvatska]

He was in the Hitler youth. He was conscripted as were most boys in Germany during that time. His father was an adamant anti-Nazi.

Not most, all. If you were non-Jewish and not part of the Hitler Youth you were shot.