I do appreciate the church has had many problems and I repeat I am neither a catholic or churchgoer , but I do agree with him that society is probably weaker because so many have no religious beliefs.

I do not want to go into all comments but would say it was impossible to avoid serving in The Hitler Youth. Both him and his family etc would probably have been rounded up. I think very unfair to judge him on this point.
This country has hosted many heads of state of very dubious pedigree.