He was part of "the Hitler yought" when he was young.
and so then?
He was 14-17 years old then... And that i know he was not the only one of the German to be there... I think this sentence is really insulting Seth, and even defaming.
As for Josef Ratzinger, he was once one of the most progressist priest that were... I think as Prefete of the Faith's Congregation it was his role to be conservative... I see the things from the outside but i don't think there is a meaning to the church if there is not an unity of the church's thought. OK, i'm not agreeing with that unity, i'm not in the church... simple like that!