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Vatican orders Holocaust-denying bishop Richard Williamson to recant
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| Last Edited | kal Feb 05, 2009 05:01pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Guardian |
| News Date | Thursday, February 5, 2009 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Pope 'did not know about bishop's views' when he agreed to lift his excommunication and those of three other conservative bishops
The Vatican today told a Holocaust-denying bishop he must publicly recant before being readmitted into the Roman Catholic church.
In a statement, officials also said Pope Benedict XVI did not know about Bishop Richard Williamson's views when he agreed to lift his excommunication, and those of three other ultra-conservative bishops, last week.
The statement was issued by the Vatican's secretariat of state a day after the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, urged the Pope to make a clearer rejection of Holocaust denials, saying clarification from the Vatican had been inadequate.
Merkel said she had been forced to break her own rule of not criticising or commenting on internal church matters because the issue was a "question of principle".
She called on the Pope to "unambiguously clarify" his position.
"When a decision by the Vatican gives rise to the impression that the Holocaust may be denied, this cannot be allowed to stand ... it's a matter of affirming very clearly on the part of the Pope and the Vatican that there must be no denial here," she said.
The chancellor added that "as a Protestant Christian" she was "encouraged" that many voices in the Catholic church were also urging the Vatican to explain its position.
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