Who is Pope Benedict XVI?
Joseph Alois Ratzinger was born on Holy Saturday in Marktl, Germany, on April 16, 1927. His father was a policeman. He hated the Nazi regime and because of his open criticisms of their policies the family was forced to move in 1932 to Auschau am Inn. When Joseph was 10, they settled in Hufschulag. He entered the minor seminary in Traunstein at age 12. While in the seminary he witnessed the Nazis beating the Parish Priest before Mass. His faith in the church and God strengthened in the wake of their brutality. And when he turned 14, in 1941, according to a legal requirement enforced by the Nazis in 1939, he joined the Hitler Youths. This was a controversial issue when he eventually became Pope in 2005.
This event is sponsored by St. Thomas More and the Catholic Chapel & Center at Yale University. This Tuesday, September 27th, 2005 John L. Allen, Jr., Vatican Correspondent, National Catholic Reporter and author of The Rise of Benedict XVI: The Inside Story of How the Pope was Elected and Where He Will Take the Catholic Church will give a public lecture. Students are invited to a time for Conversation and Q&A with John L. Allen at 4:30pm (Chaplains residence) with a dinner immediately following at 5:45pm (also at the Chaplains residence). A public Lecture will be received at St. Thomas More Chapel (268 Park Street, New Haven) at 7:30pm. For further information please call (203) 777-5537 or visit www.yale.edu/stm. Hot Coffee, Hot Issues: The Yale World Fellows Program is pleased to announce… The 2005 Hot Coffee, Hot Issues International Affairs Discussion Series. Hot Coffee, Hot Issues is a weekly discussion series on current developments in international affairs led by experts from b
