http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre appointed Briton Richard Williams to the Catholic Church in the Vatican. Bishop Richard Williams just recently angered Jews by saying there were no such thing as Nazi gas chambers. Israel made a decision to “cast a shadow” between the Jews and the Catholic Church because of Bishop Richard Williams beliefs. “We have no intention of interfering in the internal workings of the Catholic Church, however, the eagerness to bring a Holocaust denier back into the Church will cast a shadow on relations between Jews and the Catholic Church,” Mordechai Lewy said to Reuters news agency. Bishop Richard spoke to Swedish television saying “I believe there were no gas chambers. I think that two to three hundred thousand Jews perished in Nazi concentration camps but none of them by gas chambers.” The Vatican hasn’t spoke up at all about those remarks. Although the pope has said that Bishop Richard Williams’s beliefs are his own and the Catholic Church shouldn’t be blamed for them.
As a Jewish person I was very drawn to this article. Not only do I strongly disagree with Bishop Richard William’s belief it has also changed the way I think about the Catholic Church. As I’ve grown up in the Jewish religion my whole life we are constantly reminded of the Holocaust and how it affected our people. Many people died in gas chambers and to have someone so powerful come out and say they didn’t exist is like a slap in the face to all Jews. Not only is it not true it’s also extremely offensive. I hope to see more about this topic in the news and see how the Catholic Church and Israel solve this issue.
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