How many times can you say no while hinting at yes? It’s a question raised in the latest announcement by the Vatican that it will soon remind some renegade co-religionists that blatant anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial just might not be the image the Church wants to project in this new century. That’s part of what comes to mind with the news that Pope Benedict XVI will in upcoming doctrinal talks with the traditionalist Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) insist that respect for Judaism is mandatory for being readmitted into the Catholic fold. Pius X was the early 20th century pope (1903-1915) who was, shall we say, doctrinaire in his adherence to the strictest application of traditional Catholic teachings. But the problems with SSPX are even more fundamental than the obscene denial of humanity’s most documented mass crime. The… read more
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Papal Backtracks
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