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Schismatic Bishop Faces Trial Over Holocaust Denial

Posted 09.04.2011

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By Niels Sorrells Religion News Service BERLIN (RNS) The case of an outspoken schismatic bishop headed back to court on Monday (July 4), with lawy...

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Bishop Richard Williamson: Holocaust Denier Charge Heads To German Court

AP | VERENA SCHMITT-ROSCHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BERLIN — A German court convicted ultraconservative British Bishop Richard Williamson on Friday of denying the Holocaust in a television interview. ...

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Holocaust Bishop Extradition Recalls Argentina's Anti-Semitic Past

GlobalPost | Anil Mundra | Posted 05.25.2011

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BUENOS AIRES -- When Argentines discovered that they had a Holocaust-denying bishop in their midst, the public outcry was forceful and the governmen...

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Holocaust Bishop Banned From LA

The Tidings | Cardinal Roger Mahony, Rabbi Gary Greenebaum and Seth Brysk | Posted 05.25.2011

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In January, Pope Benedict XVI lifted the excommunication of four bishops of a small ultra-traditionalist group that broke from the Catholic Church ove...

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Holocaust Bishop's Apology Rejected By Vatican, Germany Considers Arrest Warrant

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Vatican has rejected the apology of Bishop Richard Williamson who has made headlines for his controversial remarks concerning the Holocaust, repor...

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Holocaust Bishop Apologizes: Report

AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROME — A British bishop whose denial of the Holocaust embroiled Pope Benedict XVI in controversy has apologized for his remarks, a Catholic news...

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Bishop Richard Williamson Back In Britain After Argentine Expulsion

The Independent | Jerome Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Bishop Richard Williamson sat down last year in an oak-panelled seminary in the picturesque Bavarian village of Zaitzkoven and agreed to an inter...

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Holocaust-Denying Bishop Scuffles With Reporter

AP | JEANNETTE NEUMANN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A British bishop whose denial of the Holocaust embroiled the pope in controversy left Argentina Tuesday after the gove...

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Holocaust Bishop Ordered Out Of Argentina

AP | DEBORA REY | Posted 05.25.2011

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The traditionalist bishop whose denials of the Holocaust embarrassed the Vatican was ordered Thursday to leave Argenti...

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Pope's Scandals Threaten To Alienate Mainstream Catholics

New York Times | RACHEL DONADIO and NICHOLAS KULISH | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROME -- Close on the heels of the pope's rehabilitation of a group of schismatic bishops, including one who denied the Holocaust, a second scandal has...

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Richard Williamson, Holocaust-Denying Bishop, Will Review Evidence Before Changing His Mind

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BERLIN — A bishop who faces a Vatican demand to recant his denial of the Holocaust said he would correct himself if he is satisfied by the evide...

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The Blindness Of A Pope Led By His Bureaucrats

The Independent | Andreas Whittam Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pope Benedict must have thought he knew exactly what he was doing when, on 21 January, he lifted the excommunication of four bishops, among them a Hol...

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Holocaust Bishop Condemned By France's Sarkozy

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pope Asks Bishop To Recant Denial Of Holocaust

Spiegel Online | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pope Benedict XVI made it clear on Wednesday that he regrets the uproar caused by bringing a Holocaust-denying bishop, Richard Williamson, back into t...

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Angela Merkel Attacks Pope Over Holocaust Bishop

The Independent | Tony Paterson in Berlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Germany's four-year love affair with its own Bavarian-born Pope was in tatters yesterday after Chancellor Angela Merkel accused the pontiff of giving ...

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Holocaust Bishop Controversary Sparks Cardinal To Admit Error

The Guardian | Kate Connolly in Berlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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The cardinal in charge of the Vatican's relations with Jews has admitted that the Pope's decision to rehabilitate an ultra-conservative bishop who den...

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Merkel: Pope must clarify Holocaust stance

AP | MELISSA EDDY | Posted 05.25.2011

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BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Pope Benedict XVI to make a "very clear" rejection of Holocaust denials after the Vatican's r...

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Holocaust Bishop, Richard Williamson, Apologizes To Pope For Distress Caused

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — A bishop recently rehabilitated by Pope Benedict XVI expressed regret Friday to the pontiff for the "distress and problems" he ca...

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Bishop Richard Williamson, Holocaust Denier, Reinstated By Pope (VIDEO)

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has lifted the excommunications of four traditionalist bishops, including that of a Holocaust denier whose reha...

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McCain Advisers Try To Dispel His Hawkish Image

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is a growing effort on behalf of McCain surrogates here in Minneapolis to paint the Arizona Republican as far less hawkish on foreign policy tha...

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