His denial of the Holocaust created a scandal in 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him and other members of his breakaway religious group.

Excommunicated Bishop Richard Williamson passed away January 29 at the age of 84, following a cerebral hemorrhage. Consecrated as a bishop by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre within the schismatic Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX),

A traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him has died

Bishop Williamson’s public denial of the Jewish Holocaust became an additional roadblock to full communion with the Catholic Church as well as a source of deep tension within the SSPX.

Richard Williamson, a Catholic bishop known for his controversial denial of the Holocaust, has died at age 84. He was part of the Society of St. Pius X and was excommunicated in 1988, later rehabilitated by Pope Benedict XVI.

Ordained illicitly in 1988 by Archbishop Lefebvre, the auxiliary bishop of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X was expelled in 2012 after making Holocaust-denying statements. A free agent at the head of an ultra-traditionalist Catholic “resistance,

ROME — (AP) — Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal in 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him and other members of ...

Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal in 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him and other members of his

Excommunicated traditionalist Bishop Richard N. Williamson died Jan. 29 in a hospital in Margate, England, at the age of 84 after suffering a brain hemorrhage. The bishop's death was announced by the Priestly Society of St.

Firefighters battled a two-alarm fire Thursday night at a vacant church in Rochester. The roof of the church collapsed while firefighters battled the blaze, said Lt. Jackeline Sierra of the Rochester Fire Department. No injuries were reported.

The Woodland Christian Church will build 38 affordable housing units for seniors 55 and older who make less than 60% of the area’s median income.

The chair of Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial, said Sunday tech billionaire Elon Musk’s call for Germans to “move beyond” the crimes of Nazi Germany is dangerous for the ...