Just because the BBC article doesn't mention it, this seems worth mentioning as a further debate topic.
The Cardinals' nickname in the college was Cardinal Panzer, because he flattens liberals like a tank. He's one of the most hardline conservatives around, which is probably why he was chosen as a successor to John Paull II.
The biggest area of concern is while it's said he's very anti-Nazi, the pope grew up during Hitler's regime in Germany and at 14, joined the Hitler Youth force where he was stationed in Hungary setting up anti-tank devices (I'm guessing this means land mines?)
I don't doubt he probably is against that whole Nazi thought and movement, but I still worry about the long-term effects that growing up in that time has on someone. That kind of organized brainwashing never totally leaves someone, no matter how against it they are ...
Oh what am I saying. he's infallible anyway.
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