[Marxism] Pope Rehabilitates Holocaust Denier

[Pat Costello <pt_costello@xxxxxxxxx>]

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict Saturday rehabilitated a traditionalist 
bishop who denies the Holocaust, despite warnings from Jewish leaders that it 
would seriously harm Catholic-Jewish relations and foment anti-Semitism.

The Vatican said the pope issued a decree lifting the excommunication of four 
traditionalist bishops who were thrown out of the Roman Catholic Church in 1988 
for being ordained without Vatican permission.

The four bishops lead the ultra-conservative Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), 
which has about 600,000 members and rejected modernizations of Roman Catholic 
worship and doctrine.

The Vatican said the excommunications were lifted after the bishops affirmed 
their willingness to accept Church teachings and papal authority.

In healing a 20-year-old schism that had wounded the Catholic Church, the 
decree looks set to spark one of the most serious crises in Catholic-Jewish 
relations in 50 years.


full:

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/01/24/world/international-us-pope-jews.html?hp


      

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