More Popery

Now he didn't know anything, & insists, insists, do you hear, that Bishop Williamson recant his Holocoaust denial. Because, you know, it doesn't look good, & El Papa wants to lay the blame firmly at the feet of the neo-pagans.

Earlier, a senior cardinal acknowledged the Vatican had mishandled the issue.

The Pope's decision, ending Bishop Williamson's excommunication on an unrelated matter, has caused a bitter row, as the bishop does not believe that Jews were gassed by the Nazis in World War II.

Not everyone sees that as a problem, of course, but in these days of political correctness some of the old ways must be left fallow for a while. They always come back as strong or stronger than before.