Confronting Ahmadinejad and Other Liars
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not the only one intent on twisting, distorting and ignoring the truth. In America, there are those on the far right who impugn the truth as well.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not the only one intent on twisting, distorting and ignoring the truth. In America, there are those on the far right who impugn the truth as well.
GlobalPost | Anil Mundra | Posted 04.13.2009 | World
BUENOS AIRES -- When Argentines discovered that they had a Holocaust-denying bishop in their midst, the public outcry was forceful and the governmen...
The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 04.10.2009 | World
Pope Benedict XVI has confirmed that he will travel to holy sites in Israel and the Palestinian Territories from May 11 to May 15, marking only the se...
The Tidings | Cardinal Roger Mahony, Rabbi Gary Greenebaum and Seth Brysk | Posted 04.03.2009 | World
In January, Pope Benedict XVI lifted the excommunication of four bishops of a small ultra-traditionalist group that broke from the Catholic Church ove...
Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 03.30.2009 | World
The Vatican has rejected the apology of Bishop Richard Williamson who has made headlines for his controversial remarks concerning the Holocaust, repor...
AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 03.29.2009 | World
ROME — A British bishop whose denial of the Holocaust embroiled Pope Benedict XVI in controversy has apologized for his remarks, a Catholic news...
The Independent | Jerome Taylor | Posted 03.29.2009 | World
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...
AP | JEANNETTE NEUMANN | Posted 03.27.2009 | World
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A British bishop whose denial of the Holocaust embroiled the pope in controversy left Argentina Tuesday after the gove...
AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 03.23.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican said Friday it has formally complained to the Israeli government about a private Israeli TV show that ridiculed Jesus...
New York Times | RACHEL DONADIO and NICHOLAS KULISH | Posted 03.20.2009 | World
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...
Rod Lurie | Posted 03.15.2009 | Entertainment
It never crossed my mind that I would ever speak or write negatively about the work of a fellow filmmaker. I am sure the makers of The Reader are not deniers. But they are helping those who are.
Roman R. Kent | Posted 03.15.2009 | World
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called upon the Pope to denounce Holocaust denying Bishop Williamson, but the papers and airwaves were devoid of any statements from any other world leaders.
Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 03.15.2009 | World
It is outrageous that Pope Benedict did not immediately respond to Bishop Williamson's stalling tactics by reinstating the renegade bishop's excommunication.
Elayne Boosler | Posted 03.12.2009 | Comedy
Here's some suggested reading material for Bishop Richard Williamson: Auschwitz For Dummies, Bergen-Belsen for Bishops, The Audacity of Pope, Better Late Than Never Again and more.
The Independent | Andreas Whittam Smith | Posted 03.09.2009 | World
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...
AP | Posted 03.08.2009 | World
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Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 03.07.2009 | World
Holocaust denial is a pernicious strain of anti-Semitism, and Pope Benedict's ill-conceived embrace of Bishop Williamson sends a clear message within the Roman Catholic Church.
The Independent | Tony Paterson in Berlin | Posted 03.07.2009 | World
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 ...
The Guardian | Kate Connolly in Berlin | Posted 03.07.2009 | World
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...
AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Posted 03.06.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — Criticism of Pope Benedict XVI has come from various quarters _ Muslims, Jews, members of his own flock. But in the latest papal...
Don Parker | Posted 03.05.2009 | Comedy
According to a highly placed source who can see the Vatican from his front porch, Pope Benedict XVI plans to extend his "big tent" reconciliation reun...
Elayne Boosler | Posted 03.02.2009 | Comedy
Bishop Williamson finds no "historical evidence" to prove the Holocaust happened, yet he has no trouble believing that God had a son on earth by immaculate conception who returned from the dead.
AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 03.02.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — A bishop recently rehabilitated by Pope Benedict XVI expressed regret Friday to the pontiff for the "distress and problems" he ca...
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 10.02.2009 | World