By De-Excommunicating (Communicating? Recommunicating?) four bishops who stood against the modern reforms of the Second Vatican Council. OK, that doesn't sound so bad. After all, we already knew that Pope Benedict XVI was a supporter of ultra-conservative self-flagellants Opus Dei.
But, oops, one of the newly De-exed bishops is a Holocaust denier.
From NPR:
Just days before the pope revoked the excommunication of the four bishops, one of them, Richard Williamson, again denied the Holocaust.
"The historical evidence is hugely against 6 million Jews having been deliberately gassed in gas chambers as a deliberate policy of Adolf Hitler," he said in an interview that aired on Swedish television.
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Pope Benedict's rigid stance on what Catholics call "life issues" -- from abortion to embryonic stem-cell research to euthanasia -- already has earned him the title "Father No."
And many faithful believe the church of Benedict cares more about Christian unity with conservatives than seeking dialogue with progressive Catholics and other religions.
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