Topic: Society of St. Pius X

European rabbis urge Vatican to fight anti-Semitic rebels

PARIS (Reuters) - European rabbis and Holocaust survivors in the United States urged the Vatican Wednesday to suspend unity talks with ultra-traditionalist Catholics until their movement pledged to renounce anti-Semitic members in its ranks.The Conference of European Rabbis said Bishop Richard Williamson ...

European rabbis urge Vatican to renounce rebels

PARIS (Reuters) - European rabbis urged the Vatican Wednesday to suspend unity talks with an ultra-traditionalist Catholic rebel society until the movement pledged to fight what they called anti-Semitism in its ranks.The Conference of European Rabbis said Bishop Richard Williamson -- already known ...

Vatican says open to accord with traditionalists

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican on Wednesday told an ultra-traditionalist splinter group they will have to accept some non-negotiable doctrinal principles before they can fully rejoin the Roman Catholic Church.Leaders of the dissident Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) held several ...

Jewish group urges pope to ban Holocaust denier

PARIS (Reuters) - A Holocaust survivors group urged Pope Benedict on Saturday to ban an arch-traditionalist bishop from the Catholic Church because he hired a lawyer close to neo-Nazi groups to defend him in court in Germany.Bishop Richard Williamson, one of four ...

Rizal’s “Padre Damaso”

Divino Miag-aoYears ago, I chanced upon a full- pagearticle written by a certain Philopunos Gnaeus Aeschines about their group?sarrival ? the Society of St. Pius X ? here in our province. What I understandis that their group wanted to celebrate Mass the ?true ...

Paris rabbi upbeat after cathedral lecture upset

<div><p>PARIS (Reuters) - A Paris rabbi has voiced his confidence in Catholic-Jewish dialogue after young Catholic traditionalists briefly upset an unprecedented lecture he gave at the French capital's Notre Dame Cathedral.</p><p>Rabbi Rivon Krygier had to leave the ...
Pierre Panet / mgr williamson by labanlieuesex . Bishop Richard Williamson, the Society of St. Pius X bishop and famous for his comments on the Holocaust, has said, astonishingly, that the discussions between the Society of St. Pius X and the Vatican are a ...

German court fines Holocaust-denying bishop

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court has fined traditionalist bishop Richard Williamson12,000 euros ($17,860) for incitement because he publicly denied the Holocaust, a spokesman for a Nuremberg court said Tuesday.The Bavarian court had Monday approved a request from state prosecutors ...

Vatican talks with traditionalists set to open

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican Thursday announced the imminent start of talks with a traditionalist splinter group that includes a bishop prosecutors in Germany want fined for denying the Holocaust.The talks with the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), whose four ...

Vatican to insist rebels respect Jews, other faiths

PARIS (Reuters) - The Vatican will tell a rebel traditionalist group it must respect Judaism, other Christian churches and other world faiths to be fully reintegrated into the Roman Catholic Church, a leading cardinal has said.Vienna Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn said these reforms ...