Posted on 01/30/2009 11:44:58 AM PST by Steelfish
Bishop who denied Holocaust apologizes to pope
By FRANCES D'EMILIO, Associated Press Writer VATICAN CITY –
A bishop recently rehabilitated by Pope Benedict XVI expressed regret Friday to the pontiff for the "distress and problems" he caused by denying the Holocaust.
In a letter to the Vatican, Bishop Richard Williamson, who recently denied in a TV interview that 6 million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust, called his remarks "imprudent."
The letter was posted on Williamson's personal blog and addressed to Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, who has been dealing with the rehabilitation of Williamson and other renegade bishops who had been excommunicated.
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This is “I’m sorry you feel that way,” more or less.
I bet he had his fingers crossed behind his back.
Shouldn’t he apologize to the Jews?
He should apologize to everybody who has a brain.
When Ezra Pound apologized (for broadcasting anti-Semitic statements for Mussolini), he did it by shutting his trap for the rest of his life.
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