A dear friend of mine whose parents were both Holocaust survivors asked me the other night: Why did Pope Benedict lift the excommunication order of a hateful, clearly deranged Holocaust-denying bishop? For a man as smart as the pope, it seems a astonishingly thoughtless act, one for which the consequences could’ve been easily predicted. This story offers some, but certainly not enough, explanation.

Tags: Bishop Williamson, excommunication, Holocaust, Holocaust denier, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II, Vatican

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