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...doubts about Nazi gas chambers to those expressed last week by British-born Bishop Richard Williamson; another cleric from the splinter faction publicly criticized the Pope and condemned his 2006 visit to Istanbul's Blue Mosque; Israel's chief Rabbinic council said inter-faith talks with the Vatican should be put on hold, while others have questioned whether a slated papal Holy Land trip in May should be called off over the episode. Meanwhile, Catholic progressives around the world have taken the Pope's actions as a deliberate slap because the followers of French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre reject the reforms...
...most immediate and practical sense, the disaffection can already be measured in Rome. A generally supportive Vatican hierarchy was caught off guard by both the timing and substance of the boss's unilateral olive branch to a group that has shown little good will toward Rome ever since the four bishops were consecrated in open defiance of Pope John Paul II, the act that had prompted their 1988 excommunication. Among several loyal Pope backers inside the Roman Curia, none of whom wanted to be identified, there was widespread consternation about the entire episode - and major uncertainty about what happens next...
...Rome Papal Problems Pope Benedict XVI sparked outrage by reinstating an excommunicated bishop, Richard Williamson, who has denied that 6 million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. As Israel's chief rabbinate cut ties with the Vatican, Benedict repudiated anti-Semitism and said the readmission of Williamson and three other bishops--a bid to repair a schism with an ultra-conservative wing of the church--did not mean the Holy See shared his views...
...rival, Metropolitan Kliment. "This was the best result we could have hoped for," said one Rome-based Catholic priest involved in ecumenical dialogue. "He's always been a moderate, and open minded, and now that he's reached the top, he's free to pursue closer ties with [the Vatican]." (See 10 things to do in Rome...
...trip to Rome, Cyril offered a notably conciliatory, though still vague, view of the long-separated sister churches. "Catholics and Orthodox feel that they belong to the same family, since they share the same Christian values," he was quoted as saying by Vatican Radio. "In order to overcome the divisions the most important thing is that the East and the West leave aside considering the other as foreigners...