winnipegsun.com - World - Pope confronted Nazism: "VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict said yesterday he was convinced he should become a priest to help confront what he called the 'anti-human culture' of the Nazis in his native Germany.
Benedict made the comments during a meeting with thousands of young people in St. Peter's Square during which he took questions from students on issues such as the family, how to read the Bible and faith and reason.
Asked by one student how he realized his own priestly vocation, the 78-year-old pontiff said that when he was young in Germany it was more 'normal' to accept faith and vocations than it is today.
'There was the Nazi regime,' Benedict said. 'We were told very loudly that in the new Germany 'there will not be anymore priests, there will be no more consecrated life, we don't need this anymore, find another profession.' ' "