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The man and his background
His image on elevation to the papacy was one of an enforcer of Catholic orthodoxy and a cerebral disciplinarian who was unafraid to crack down on liberals and dissidents within the church.
His pronouncements before becoming Pope included labelling homosexuality a "more or less strong tendancy ordered toward an intrinsic moral evil", and saying rock music could be "a vehicle of anti-religion".
His formative years coincided with the lifespan of the Third Reich. His family opposed National Socialism but did not participate in public resistance to the Nazi's.
It is believed that his experiance of Marxist unrest amongst students in the faculty in Tubingen, Southern Germany in 1968 where he was a professor contributed to his conservative outlook.
:Yahoo News UK
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