SSPX leader apologizes for Bishop Williamson’s Holocaust denial
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Bishop Bernard Fellay / Bishop Richard Williamson
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Menzingen, Jan 27, 2009 / 06:56 pm
(<http://www.catholicnewsagency.com>CNA).- Today
the leader of the Society of St. Pius X, Bishop
Bernard Fellay, apologized to Pope Benedict XVI
for comments made by Bishop Richard Williamson in
which he denied the Holocaust during an interview
on Swedish television last week.
According to Reuters, Bishop Williamson’s remarks
sparked widespread criticism by Jewish
communities, especially since they came on the
eve of his reconciliation with the Catholic
Church. On Saturday, the Holy Father lifted the
excommunication of Bishops Williamson, Fellay and
two other prelates from the Society of St. Pius X
(SSPX) who were ordained by Marcel Lefebvre in 1988.
Bishop Fellay’s statement explains that last
week, Bishop Williamson expressed his opinions
“on questions of history, especially to the
murder of Jews by the Nazis.” Bishop Fellay
notes in his letter that a bishop’s authority
pertains only to questions of Faith and Morals,
not over “historic or other secular questions.”
The prelate then addresses the mission of SSPX as
“the distribution and restoration of authentic
Catholic teaching and how it is laid down in
dogmas,” before expressing his apologies to Pope Benedict.
“We are deeply pained to see how much damage the
violation of this mandate has done to our
mission. … We ask forgiveness of the Sovereign
Pontiff and of all people of good will for the
dramatic consequences of such an act.”
Bishop Fellay also describes how he is placing
restrictions on Bishop Williamson by prohibiting
him from “speaking in public on political or
historic questions.” He also adds that “these
remarks in no manner represent the views of our fraternity.”
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