Pope Benedict and the Holocaust denier

The criticism of Pope Benedict XVI's olive branch to a once excommunicated bishop

What happened

Germany’s Central Council of Jews welcomed a Vatican decision to demand that traditionalist Bishop Richard Williamson recant his denial of the severity of the Holocaust. (Reuters) Pope Benedict XVI has been hotly criticized in his home country, Germany, for his recent decision to lift Williamson’s excommunication. (The Dallas Morning News)

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