Roundup: Op-eds criticize Benedict; Rabbi Levin defends him
February 12, 2009
Commentators continued to criticize Pope Benedict’s decision to lift the excommunication of Bishop Richard Williamson of the Society of St. Pius X, even as Rabbi Yehuda Levin defended him. “At this point there has been a wonderfully strong renunciation of Bishop Williamson by the Vatican, and therefore the Jewish community from their statements seems to be satisfied that things are going in the right way," Levin said. “This is just going to increase the frenzy of left-wing Catholics, whether outside the Church or inside, because they now have to carry the ball in terms of keeping the attack on the Pope going.” Many of the Pope's critics seemed unaware that the Pontiff had already denounced Holocaust denial in two public statements since lifting the excommunications.
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Further information:
- Editorial: Pope should allow no church acceptance of a Holocaust-denier (Detroit Free Press)
- Editorial: Pope should banish Holocaust deniers (Jewish Community Voice)
- Editorial: History lesson (Beaver County Times)
- Conversation With... Dr. Joel Blatt (Jewish Ledger)
- The fallible Pope, and his advisers' folly (Globe and Mail)
- Mark Weitzman: A sect’s unholy views (Forward)
- E.J. Dionne: On Benedict and Holocaust Denial (Washington Post)
- Mario Kaiser: The pope said nothing (International Herald Tribune)
- Jerry Amernic: Why Pope Benedict should lay low (National Post)
- Rabbi Speaks on Pope Benedict Controversy: Leftist Catholics Using Jews to Attack the Pope (LifeSiteNews.com)
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