Israel hater in Vatican?

Pope’s chumminess with Holocaust deniers raises questions about his intentions
by Giulio Meotti
This week Pope Benedict XVI holds a global interfaith meeting in Assisi, Italy, where he has invited religious leaders from around the world “solemnly to renew the commitment of believers of all religions to live their religious faith as a service to the cause of peace.” However, brewing scandal over an ultra-traditionalist Catholic fraternity means that the pope does not have to look far to find evidence of actions by religious leaders that put the cause of peace in jeopardy.

The controversy goes back to Jan. 21, 2009, when Pope Benedict revoked the excommunication of four bishops of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX). The Pope had already worked for two decades, starting when he was a cardinal, to bring the group back into the Vatican’s fold in an effort to prevent further schism.