The Vatican defended Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to reinstate a bishop who denies the Nazi Holocaust occurred.
Richard Williamson, 68, was among four bishops who were excommunicated in 1988 by John Paul II, Benedict’s predecessor, because they had been consecrated without papal permission by French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, founder of the Society of Pius X that opposed the reforms of the Second Vatican council.
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This certainly casts suspicion on Papa Ratzi’s sense of priorities. He owes the Filipinos at least one apology before he starts rescuing Hitler’s Pope for the Communion of saints.
Which makes this fresh evidence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster all that more convincing. [from andrew sullivan]