Vatican Orders Holocaust Denying Bishop to Recant
Topix Gay News Feb 06 09
Pope Benedict XVI has ordered English Bishop Richard Williamson to recant his position on the Holocaust. The Pope is responding to incredible pressure from a variety of groups, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Pope Benedict is also German.
Bishop Williamson, who is part of an ultra-traditionalist breakaway faction of the Catholic Church, has apologized for creating controversy, but has refused so far to recant his positions regarding the Holocaust. He does not deny that the concentration camps actually existed, but he denies that any person was ever gassed in the camps, and has stated that he believes that only three hundred thousand Jews were killed. Full story...
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