He was Williamson suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in his native England on Jan. Pius X said in a statement on Thursday. Williamson was among four men consecrated bishop in by the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, who formed the group in in opposition to the Second Vatican Council. Vatican II was the series of s church meetings that modernized the Catholic Church by allowing Mass in the vernacular rather than Latin and revolutionizing the church's relations with Jews.
In , the Vatican excommunicated Lefebvre, Williamson and the other bishops, because they were consecrated without papal consent. The fear wasn't unfounded: The society, which is based in Menzingen, Switzerland, boasts six seminaries and dozens of chapels, schools and retreat centers around the globe. As part of his outreach, Benedict removed the excommunications of Williamson and the surviving bishops in But an uproar ensued after Williamson said in a television interview that aired on Swiss television just before the pope's decree was made public that he didn't believe Jews were killed in gas chambers during World War II.
Williamson later ran afoul of the society itself, which expelled him in for insubordination. The following year, a German court fined him for having denied the Holocaust in the television interview.
Holocaust denial is a crime in Germany. He had also served in a leadership position as second assistant general from The AP is solely responsible for this content. The white supremacist group effed around and found out. Republicans have been launching attacks on religious groups and faith leaders who show love to immigrants. Elon Musk is now threatening to withhold funding from Lutheran organizations.
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