Joods Actueel
February 23, 2009
http://joodsactueel.be/2009/02/23/pius-x-anti-semitism/
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| Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais from Pius X |
In-depth review of ‘Pius X’ websites reveal shocking information
Research by a team of journalists from Belgian Based ‘Joods Actueel’, a Jewish news publication, has revealed a slew of anti-Semitic content on websites of the St. Pius X society. Pius X is the catholic society whose excommunication has recently been recanted by the Pope. Much controversy has arisen about the rehabilitation of one of its members, bishop Richard Williamson, a known holocaust denier.
The research comes to the conclusion that Pius X is an extreme conservative Catholic group that rejects the Second Vatican Council and propagates the worst kind of anti-Semitism. (examples see below)
For the research the international overarching site of the society was consulted and also a host of national sites such as those of the U.S.A., Brazil, Ireland, Asia, Austria, South-Africa and Poland.
It is to be expected that after publication of this article, a number of incriminating articles will be removed, therefore full back-ups of these sites have been performed by Joods Actueel.
According to Dirk Verhofstadt, author of a recent publication about the role of the pope during WWII, it is not just bishop Williamson who has crossed the red line, so too are the statements of rehabilitated bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais who in the past accused Jews of being “the foremost militants for the coming of the antichrist”. A few months ago, this French bishop also gave an interview in which he clearly disavows the ‘Nostra Aetate’, the document of the Second Vatican Council whereby the church rejects the notion that the Jews were responsible for the death of Christ.
Michael Freilich, editor-in-chief of the Jewish publication Joods Actueel, supervised the research and had the following statement:
“This is in many ways worse than the outrageous statements of bishop Williamson denying the Holocaust and the existence of gas chambers. Williamson is a lone fool and not taken serious by the masses, whereas here we are talking about an entire society comprising thousands of priests spreading hatred to hundreds of thousands around the world (The Saint Pius X society is believed to have between 600.000 and 1 million followers). Another difference with Williamson is that, how undeniably awful his lies may be, they negate the past. Yet what we have uncovered here is preaching of lies and hate against Jews today thereby once again promoting hatred against the Jewish people.
Anti-Semitism in the Church is not new; it has existed for centuries. The positive steps taken after WWII, such as the Second Vatican Council, threaten to be completely undone by embracing an extremist group such as this back into the Church. What is needed now are deeds not words. The hate mongering society of St. Pius X has no place in the Church and should be excommunicated as soon as possible.”
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