It has come to our attention that Bishop Richard Williamson, a member of our Society, granted an interview to a Swedish network. In this interview, he also commented on historical issues, especially on the genocide of Jews by the National-Socialist regime. It is obvious that a bishop speaks with religious authority solely on matters of faith and morals. Our Society claims no authority over historical or other secular matters.
The mission of the Society is the offering and restoration of authentic Catholic teaching, as reflected in the traditional dogmas. We are known, accepted and appreciated worldwide for this.
We view this matter with great concern, as this exorbitance has caused severe damage to our religious mission. We apologize to the Holy Father and to all people of good will for the trouble it has caused.
It must remain clear that those comments do not reflect in any way the attitude of our community. That is why I have forbidden Bishop Williamson to issue any public opinion on any political or historical matter until further notice.
Hopefully that also includes doing film reviews.
Or will he split off from the SSPX and for the SSSPX (Son of SSPX)?
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We told you that Bernie Fellay, aka Frog One, has been playing footsie with Benedict Ratzinger all along!
Jeff,
A caution about the way you format your web site: On the Google reader feed for your blog, your quote of the other blog in this post looks identical to your text. In the reader, it looks like *you* are saying everything, not quoting someone else. You might want to look into ways to mark quotes that also show up in RSS feeds.
I love your site. Keep up the good work.
I’m not sure if banning his film reviews is fair. The USCCB’s movie critic appears to be a Unitarian-Rite Catholic with special sensitivities for Gay causes.