Editorial roundup: Williamson-Holocaust controversy

February 10, 2009

Op-ed writers continue to criticize Pope Benedict XVI for lifting the excommunications of four SSPX bishops-- with many writers seemingly unaware that the Vatican last Wednesday called upon Bishop Richard Williamson of the Society of St. Pius X to “absolutely, unambiguously, and publicly distance himself from his position on the Holocaust.”

 

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Further information:

• Shmuley Boteach: The pope must condemn the Jew-haters in the Church (Jerusalem Post)
• Menachem Rosensaft: Vatican’s response to denial must be Holocaust education (JTA)
• Editorial: Mixed message on the Holocaust (Scranton Times-Tribune)
• Steve Hunegs: Holocaust-denying bishop: Questions for Winona seminary (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
• Celestine Bohlen: Pope Offers Olive Branch, Gets Sucker Punched (Bloomberg)
• Richard Cohen: Pope can’t accept bishop (Willoughby News-Herald)
• Dennis Prager: When a Priest Denies the Holocaust (Townhall)
• Samuel Rodriguez: Silence is acquiescence (On Faith)
• Clarifying status of SSPX, Vatican says Williamson must recant (CWN, Feb. 4)