Shoah Pope

Argentine rabbi who co-authored book with Francis I says new leader will ‘search for the truth.'
The selection of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina to be the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church is being seen as a move that will continue to cement Catholic-Jewish relations and perhaps end the debate over the Church’s actions during World War II.

Bergoglio, 76, who took the name Francis and is the first Jesuit ever to be chosen pope, has publicly called for the opening of the Vatican archives to learn the true role Pope Pius XII during the Holocaust.
Source: http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/breaking-news/bergoglio-urged-opening-archives-shoah-pope

Boundless servility from the new pope in tradition started by "conciliatory" John Paul II. Note the title of 

Pope's Christmas message urges us to "welcome" more immigrants

"In the face of the exodus of all those who migrate from their homelands and are driven away by hunger, intolerance or environmental degradation," the Roman Catholic Church calls for "an attitude of acceptance and welcome", he said.

Source: http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/popes-christmas-message-urges-tolerance-20091226-lf7a.html

Rome’s Jews confirm Pope visit

Italian Jews issued a statement confirming that Pope Benedict XVI will visit the main Rome synagogue despite tensions over his decision to move Pope Pius XII closer to sainthood.

Source: http://jta.org/news/article/2009/12/24/1009906/romes-jews-confirm-pope-visit

Catholicism Today: Black cardinal in pole position to be next pope

Source: http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/world/Black-cardinal-in-pole-position.5764189.jp

Let's Lick a Jew Contest: Britain knew about extermination of Jews, Vatican claims

Author: Simon Caldwell & Nick Squires

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/6040321/Britain-knew-about-extermination-of-Jews-Vatican-claims.html

Vatican replaces cardinal in Holocaust controversy

Author: Ariel David

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090708/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_conservatives

Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday replaced the cardinal responsible for lifting the excommunication of a Holocaust-denying bishop as part of the Vatican's effort to reconcile with an ultraconservative group.

The commission that had been in charge of the effort will now be under the authority of a powerful office seen as close to the pontiff, the Vatican said. Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, who had been leading the reconciliation, is stepping down after reaching the customary retirement age of 80, the Vatican said.

Hoyos had been head of the Pontifical "Ecclesia Dei" Commission, which was charged with healed the schism with the ultraconservative Society of St. Pius X.

The effort to reconcile with the Society of St. Pius X will now be headed by Cardinal William Levada, the highest-ranking U.S. churchman in the Vatican hierarchy. Levada heads the Vatican's powerful orthodoxy watchdog, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which Benedict headed for decades before becoming pope in 2005.

Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre founded the Pius society in 1969 in opposition to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, which included outreach to Judaism and other religions.

The Vatican in 1988 excommunicated four of its bishops after they were consecrated without papal consent by Lefebvre.

Shortly before the excommunication of Bishop Richard Williamson and the three other Society bishops was lifted in January, Williamson denied in an interview with Swedish TV that 6 million Jews were killed by the Nazis. He said about 200,000 or 300,000 were murdered and none were gassed.

Jews and Catholics around the world voiced outrage and Williamson later apologized for the "hurt" caused by his remarks but didn't recant them.

Hoyos said he and other officials knew nothing about Williamson's denial that the Nazis killed 6 million Jews. Benedict made a rare acknowledgment of a Vatican mistake in March, saying in a letter to Catholic bishops worldwide that he was unaware of the bishop's positions when he lifted the excommunication.

The Vatican said Hoyos' tenure at the commission had run out and did not mention the controversy when announcing that Levada would now directly handle the reconciliation process.

The Vatican said Benedict had expressed thanks to Hoyos and said Levada's office would handle upcoming talks with the Society because it is most suited to resolve doctrinal differences.

On Wednesday, Benedict reiterated that until theological differences with the Society are resolved, the group has "no canonical status in the church and its ministers cannot legitimately exercise any ministry."

The Society has been defiant, with new priests being ordained last month in Switzerland and Germany. The Vatican had said any ordinations would be considered invalid.

Vatican officials object to Iranian president's remarks on Israel

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican has criticized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's remarks about Israel at a U.N. conference on racism as "extremist and unacceptable" and said the comments promote an atmosphere of conflict.

At the same time, Vatican officials, including Pope Benedict XVI, emphasized the importance of participation in the conference, which was being boycotted by the United States and several other Western countries.

Ahmadinejad told conference participants in Geneva April 20 that Israel had "resorted to military aggression to make an entire nation homeless under the pretext of Jewish suffering" and had established a "totally racist government in the occupied Palestine." His comments prompted a temporary walkout by dozens of diplomats in attendance.

The Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, told Vatican Radio April 20 that "statements like those of the Iranian president do not go in the right direction, because even if he did not deny the Holocaust or the right of Israel to exist, he expressed extremist and unacceptable positions."

Source:
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0901787.htm

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COMMENT

Muslims or Iran or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have never insulted Christianity, while Jews do it every time they breathe. Remember the recent episode with that Israeli Jew smearing Christ and his mother? By all streaches of immagination, the Catholic church should have issued a condemnation not against the one who insulted its idols, but also against the state (Israel) who not only allowed, but promoted the "show" on television. But what happened instead? The church barely said anything: no outcries, nothing, just a bare "regret" from the traitorous pope.

Now when Mahmoud points out the way Israel has "resorted to military aggression to make an entire nation homeless under the pretext of Jewish suffering" would make a solid case for "racism", the Church reacts with full gear against such "extremist and unacceptable" views. This gives a perfect measure over how useless and benign Christianity has become these days...