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Second thoughts: LA abuse story and Iraq vet
By
David Gibson
Last week I linked to a story from the LA CityBeat paper that was making the rounds indicating that the Archdiocese of Los Angeles was engaged in an awful-sounding legal strategy to deny a possible abuse victim recourse to the courts. The victim, “John TH Doe” in court papers, was reportedly in Iraq when the…
What do musical tastes tell about a Bishop?
By
David Gibson
That’s the question I was asking as I tried to parse the latest blog posting from Bishop Richard Williamson, the un-excommunicated SSPX bishop who has become the focus of p.r. efforts by both the Vatican and his own confreres, who are distancing themselves from Williamson and his Holocaust-denying views. Me, I’m beginning to warm to…
Williamson removed as head of SSPX seminary
By
David Gibson
SSPX leaders are continuing to quarantine the Holocaust-denying bishop, Richard Williamson. The Italian daily La Repubblica reports today that Williamson has been removed from the seminary in La Reja, outside Buenos Aries, which he had headed since 2003. What next?
Pope to meet Jewish leaders, Vatican source says
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David Gibson
In an important and I would think necessary step toward healing the Catholic-Jewish rift over the papal outreach to the SSPX, Benedict XVI is reportedly to meet next Thursday with leaders of the major Jewish organizations. A meeting with the Chief Rabbinate in Israel, which had broken off relations over the disputed gesture to anti-Semitic…
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