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It has been years since I have written about the topic of antisemitism and the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX). The story of my association and rejection of the SSPX was published with the Journal for the Study of Antisemitism in an article entitled, "Traditional Catholicism and the Teachings of Bishop Williamson". I spent the next few years after my 2010 article blogging about this topic and informing high level SSPX associates of the ongoing problem with radicals in the SSPX. While I was always told the right things like, 'The SSPX is trying to get rid of the...

The latest volley in Bishop Richard Williamson's war against Bishop Fellay and the Holy Father has come from Fr. Francois Chazal, a priest of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX)stationed in Asia. At the end of this post you will find a video and written transcript of a sermon give by Fr. Chazal that praises Bishop Williamson, a renowned Holocaust Denier, for thwarting Bishop Fellay's "plot" to sign a deal with Rome. This lengthy sermon is well worth taking time to listen to as it provides a perfect example of the ecclesiology taught within the SSPX. It would be...

<p>See for yourselves the interview, given in English and accessible on YouTube under the title, “Traditionalist leader talks about his movement, Rome”. Can anybody be surprised if “his movement” is currently going through the gravest crisis of its 42 years of existence ?"</p>

Rome became aware of a serious growth of antisemitism and extremism in January of 2009. The Holy Father had just lifted the excommunications of four bishops of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), including Bishop Richard Williamson. As soon as this was done, Swedish Television released the tape of an interview with Bishop Williamson in which he denied the Holocaust. Rome condemned his statements and the Society of SSPX distanced itself from the radical Bishop. During the next weeks, a flurry of antisemites came to the fore defending their Bishop. It now became clear to many that the traditional...

Many argue that Bishop Williamson's ideas are not the ideas of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX). This is theoretically true. The SSPX's statutes and theological positions do not touch upon Fascism and Antisemitism. But there is an undercurrent among many of the faithful and priests that tends in that direction. This undercurrent has been exacerbated by thirty years of indoctrination from Bishop Williamson. It has also been saddening to see that the SSPX has done little publicly to curb or even denounce the radicals that make use of their organization. The SSPX is in a precarious situation. The...

The case of Bishop Richard Williamson's denial of the Holocaust has caused Catholics and non-Catholics to question this and and other similar conspiracy theories. Many have come to the Bishop’s defense, claiming that questioning the actual number of the Jewish victims of the Nazis does not make one antisemitic. This defense, posited by followers of Bishop Williamson and the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), shows an inherent lack of understanding of what conspiracy theories are and how they are used. Conspiracy theories are not just disagreements about historical facts, they are political tools used to move people to action....

A Caricature Of Evil What do you envision when you think of the word "Nazi"? Do you imagine the sound of boots marching down the street? Perhaps you hear the shrill speeches of Adolph Hitler. These images that come to mind are based upon the documentation found in books and movies that record the events of the rise of Hitler. These vivid images represent the absolute horror and evil of Hitler to new generations that did not actually witness World War II. Those who have a living memory of the Holocaust are passing from the earth. As these carriers of...

Joe Sobran's impending death was made known by Dr. David Allen White. Dr. White was a frequent guest lecturer at Bishop Williamson's St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary and is an endorser of John Sharpe's Neo-Conned series. Yesterday, Dr. White sent a public note to the Catholic Family News concerning Joe Sobran's ill health. White made a heartfelt appeal for prayers for Sobran. In addition to this, White wrote: "We thanked him for his good work over the years, especially for being a truth-teller about you-know-whom and for having suffered for it. We then prayed the rosary together. (Emphasis Supplied.)"

Bishop Williamson has come out with his latest weekly article. In this article, Bishop Williamson writes about a non-Christian group of intellectuals who were uncomfortable with White Anglo culture and were forced to leave Hitler's Germany... ...Who are these non-Christians corrupting Western society? For those who know Bishop Williamson, the Jews immediately come to mind. Bishop Williamson teaches that the Jews rule the world and are always working to destroy Christian society. This hunch is immediately confirmed once one visits the website linked to in Bishop Williamson's article.

Argentina has ordered an ultra-traditionalist British bishop who denies the Holocaust to leave the country or face expulsion. The interior ministry said Richard Williamson had been given 10 days to leave Argentina. Earlier this month the bishop was removed from his post as the head of a Roman Catholic seminary in Argentina. A row erupted in January after the Pope decided to lift Bishop Williamson's excommunication on an unrelated matter. The Vatican said the Pope had been unaware of Bishop Williamson's views and had since ordered him to recant. OutrageArgentina's interior ministry said on Thursday that Bishop Williamson "has concealed...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- Bishop Richard Williamson, who last month denied the existence of the Holocaust in an interview with Swedish television, was ordered Thursday to leave Argentina within 10 days, the Ministry of Interior said. "The bishop has repeatedly forged the true motive for his stay in the country, having declared that he is an employee of 'La Tradicion' Civil Society when, in reality, his true activity was as priest and seminary director of the Society of Saint Pius X in the neighborhood of Moreno," Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo said in a written statement. Williamson and three other...

Today Argentina said "Buh bye" to Jew hating, Protestant loathing, Holocaust denying "Bishop" Richard Williamson. Fired by his Society of St. Pius X from a job as head of a seminary in Buenos Aires, the Argentinean government couldn't wait to throw him out of the country. As he headed through the Airport, returning to England with his tail between his legs, he showed once again that he has no Idea what a man of the cloth should be doing, he threatened a TV Reporter and then gave him a shoulder check, pushing the reporter into a pole. What ever happened...

Integrism's Facade and the Magisterium By Stephen Hand “…we are witnesses today of a new integralism [read: extreme traditionalism] that may seem to support what is strictly Catholic but in reality corrupts it to the core. It produces a passion of suspicions, the animosity of which is far from the spirit of the gospel. There is an obsession with the letter that regards the liturgy of the Church as invalid [read: not legitimate or theologically suspect] and thus puts itself outside the Church. It is forgotten here that the validity of the liturgy depends primarily, not on specific words, but...