ACT NOW:
Urge Pope Benedict XVI toReinstate the Excommunication of Holocaust-Denying Bishop
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| "The historical evidence is hugely against 6 million Jews having been deliberately gassed in gas chambers as a deliberate policy of Adolf Hitler. I believe there were no gaschambers..." —Bishop RichardWilliamson Sign Protest to PopeBenedict XVI Watch video of Rabbi Hier speaking about this issue... |
As the world joins together tomorrow to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope Benedict XVIhas welcomed a Catholic Bishop and denier of the Nazi Holocaust back into the Church.
Britain's Bishop Richard Williamson, who is reportedly being investigated for Holocaust denial in Germany, deniedthe murder of 6 million Jews by stating in an interview on Swedish state television last week, "I think that 200,000 to 300,000 Jews died in Nazi concentration camps, but none of them ingas chambers."
We need you to act now.First, Join the Center'sprotest urging Pope Benedict XVI's to reinstate the excommunication he lifted of Holocaust-denying Bishop Williamson. After making your voice of protestheard by signing the petition, click the link to watch the Bishop's television interview.
Second, please make a generous contribution to the Simon Wiesenthal Center to help us continue in the worldwide fight against anti-Semitism and Holocaustdenial.
The Pope must make clear to the world that at a time when anti-Semitismand Holocaust denial have reached the highest levels in two decades and protesters at anti-Israel rallies are chanting, "Jews back to the ovens", his decision to welcome aHolocaust denier back into the Church will only validate Holocaust denial and contradicts the teachings of Vatican II. Bishops who preach anti-Semitism orHolocaust denial should not be embraced by the Vatican.
Bishop Williamson is one of four Catholic Bishops belonging to thenotoriously anti-Semitic 'Society of Saint Pius', a breakaway group which opposes changes in Catholic doctrine. According tonews reports, Williamson hasendorsed "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion", a notorious anti-Semitic forgery,and claimed that Jews are bent on worlddomination.
Just last week, Pope Benedict XVI lifted the excommunication of Williamson and three other Bishops belonging to this group.
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