Bishop Richard Williamson

Confronting Ahmadinejad and Other Liars

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 10.02.2009 | World


Menachem Rosensaft

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.

Holocaust Bishop Extradition Recalls Argentina's Anti-Semitic Past

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...

Pope Commits To Holy Land Trip In May

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...

Holocaust Bishop Banned From LA

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...

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

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...

Holocaust Bishop Apologizes: Report

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...

Bishop Richard Williamson Back In Britain After Argentine Expulsion

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...

Holocaust-Denying Bishop Scuffles With Reporter

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...

Vatican: Israeli TV Show Is "Blasphemous"

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...

Pope's Scandals Threaten To Alienate Mainstream Catholics

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...

The Holocaust Revisionism of Hollywood

Rod Lurie | Posted 03.15.2009 | Entertainment


Rod Lurie

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.

No Sympathy for Bishop Williamson

Roman R. Kent | Posted 03.15.2009 | World


Roman R. Kent

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.

The Vatican's Response to Holocaust Denial Must Be Holocaust Education

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 03.15.2009 | World


Menachem Rosensaft

It is outrageous that Pope Benedict did not immediately respond to Bishop Williamson's stalling tactics by reinstating the renegade bishop's excommunication.

Bishop Who Denied Ovens Is Toast

Elayne Boosler | Posted 03.12.2009 | Comedy


Elayne Boosler

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 Blindness Of A Pope Led By His Bureaucrats

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...

Holocaust Bishop Condemned By France's Sarkozy

AP | Posted 03.08.2009 | World


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Pope Benedict XVI's Noxious Rehabilitation of a Holocaust Denier

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 03.07.2009 | World


Menachem Rosensaft

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.

Angela Merkel Attacks Pope Over Holocaust Bishop

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 ...

Holocaust Bishop Controversary Sparks Cardinal To Admit Error

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...

Pope Keeps Finding Himself In Hot Water: Analysis

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...

Pope Ratzinger to Canonize Tomás de Torquemada, His Predecessor as Inquisitor General?

Don Parker | Posted 03.05.2009 | Comedy


Don Parker

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...

Jews Agree with Holocaust-Denying Bishop, We Can't Believe the Holocaust Happened Either

Elayne Boosler | Posted 03.02.2009 | Comedy


Elayne Boosler

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.

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

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...

The Pope's New YouTube Channel

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics


Matthew Filipowicz

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