1.0link160598<![CDATA[Bishop Richard Williamson, Holocaust Denier, Reinstated By Pope (VIDEO)]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/24/bishop-richard-williamson_n_160598.htmlVATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has lifted the excommunications of four traditionalist bishops, including that of a Holocaust denier whose rehabilitation sparked outrage among Jewish groups.
The four bishops were excommunicated 20 years ago after they were consecrated by the late ultraconservative Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre without papal consent _ a move the Vatican said at the time was an act of schism.