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October 20, 2011
I know, I know. The Pope is the special guardian and promoter of the unity of the entire Church. Consequently, I have no objection to his efforts to reach out to the Lefebvrist schimsatics and try to get them to return to the fold.
But their leader, Richard Williamson, has recently repeated his belief that the Jews are collectively responsible for the crime of deicide, a claim specifically rejected by the Second Vatican Council and every Pontiff since. Of course, this is one of Williamson's problems with Vatican II. But, really, when one is so aggressively anti-Semitic, the question must be posed: Why do we want these hateful people back?
