Biography of his holiness pope benedict xvi scandal

From child sex abuse scandals to the "Vatileaks" controversy involving his former butler, here are the seven biggest controversies of during the Pope's time in the Vatican. Born in Bavaria, Germany, into a family of farmers, the Pope's time in the Hitler Youth, which he joined at the age of 14, was swiftly highlighted by the media after his appointment.

He was drafted in an anti-aircraft unit in Munich as he was studying in Traunstein seminary, but he deserted towards the end of the war, and was a prisoner-of-war in Many of his supporters have pointed out that the Pope would never have had any choice about joining the Nazi movement.

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I was still too young, but later, as a seminarian, I was registered in the HY. As soon as I was out of the seminary I never went back. In , when Pope Benedict succeeded Pope John Paul II, the church was engulfed in the priest child sex abuse scandal and damaging claims that local dioceses were complicit in their cover-up. Shortly before his election in , he spoke out about the scandal at Stations of the Cross at the Coliseum, saying: "How much filth there is in the Church, and even among those who, in the priesthood, ought to belong entirely to him!

It was the dominent news story about the Catholic church from Thousands of people signed a petition on Downing Street's website against the pope's four-day visit to England and Scotland in September , launched by gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. That led to the nickname "God's Rottweiler", and he led on many investigations into child abuse.

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The Pope, unlike many other Catholic leaders, never blamed an "anti-Catholic" conspiracy for the coverage, but said that it was the church's responsibility. The "VatiLeaks" scandal involved a former papal butler, who leaked hundreds of Catholic documents andclaimed that more than 20 whistleblowers were involved in the operation which attempted to prove corruption, power struggles and incompetence at the highest levels at the Holy See.

Paolo Gabriele has previously claimed he was acting out of love for the church, but said in the interview that people were afraid to speak out from inside the city walls: "Ours is a state where you can get in, kill and leave undisturbed, and after 24 hours no one can say what happened. Gabriele, who would ride at the head of the 'Popemobile', started as a humble cleaner in the Vatican and rose to become the Pope's personal butler.

The Pope said the rumours had deeply troubled him.