The SSPX Wound Festers »
Posted By bruhaha 9 months, 2 weeks ago in ReligionIn the part Seventy-five of this series on the Catholic Right I expressed outrage over Pope Benedict XVI impolitic decision to reinstate four schismatic bishops of the order known as the Society of St. Pius X, commonly known by its acronym, SSPX.
The group includes Holocaust denier Richard Williamson, the source of much of Catholic as well as non-Catholic condemnation.
It turns out that SSPX's anti-Semitism and racism runs far deeper than has been reported during the reinstatement flap. Meanwhile, the episode has not only reopened old wounds in Catholic-Jewish relations, which have been on the mend since the heady days of Vatican II but threatens to reignite ancient animosities between Christian and Muslims and even Northern and Southern Italians.
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