Benedict XVI calls it a 'dark time'
(NEWSER) - German-born Pope Benedict XVI rarely talks about when he was conscripted into the Hitler Youth as a teen. But yesterday, in an audience with a German Catholic group, Benedict made a rare mention of life under the Nazis, calling it a "dark time," reports the AP . "It looked like the continent was in the hands of this power, which put the future of Christianity in doubt," said the pope. The 84-year-old Benedict was forced to join the Hitler Youth in 1941, a time "already marked by war," said the pope, when the Nazis "had already subjugated" much of Europe. More»
