Bishop Williamson

Bishop Williamson. Michael Hoffman has another must-read. He writes of the Society of Saint Pius X's refusal to offer prayers on behalf of its own Bishop Williamson. Hoffman's article may be read here.

Catholic Church, in Today's News 10.22.09

Catholic Church. The reason behind the Society of Saint Paul X's agreement to closed discussions with no time limit with the Vatican now becomes a little clearer. Bernard Fellay, the Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X, gave an interview to a Chilean newspaper in which he stated that "there is a lot of truth" to speculation that the Vatican is moving to convert the SSPX into a personal prelature, similar to Opus Dei.

In other words, an agreement could be in the making that the meeting with the Vatican will recommend. We will see.

Certainly, this move would make sense after the recent overture to the Anglicans. If a special accommodation can be made for the Anglicans, why not for the SSPX which after all is only defending the Church legacy.

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Bishop Fellay also commented on the Bishop Williamson controversy, saying the attack on Bishop Williamson "was a well-planned attack, not against the Society [SSPX], but directed against the person of Pope Benedict XVI, in order to tarnish his gesture."

Bishop Fellay seems to be playing up to the Pope here, but the statement does have some truth to it. And yet, Bishop Fellay seems to miss that those behind the attack on Williamson have an over-riding interest in establishing the holocaust as central event in world history. Their attack on Bishop Williamson served this aim as well.

Catholic Church, in Today's News 10.16.09

Catholic Church. The Vatican announced today that the dialogue with Society of Saint Pius X will take place on October 26. The Vatican said the initial talks would focus on unresolved doctrinal issues. The Vatican also stipulated that the content of the meeting(s) would remain 'strictly private.'

Bishop Bernard Fellay, head of the SSPX, said the talks with the Vatican could take a long time.

So lets hope the SSPX knows what it is doing. The SSPX has agreed to a long series of talks with the Vatican that are private. In other words, the discussion in the Church over Vatican II that the SSPX has long wanted will now be confined to a few SSPX leaders and senior staff members of the Vatican.

The Vatican officials are schooled in double-talk and double-think. It will be quite easy for them to tie these talks up for a long, long time, perhaps endlessly. A skilled negotiator knows how to string out a discussion to the point of meaninglessness.

The situation almost looks like a trap. The SSPX is stuck in an arrangement that potentially has no end-point and that is unlikely to solve the issues. The only way out of the straight-jacket is to walk out of the talks.

Perhaps this the aim of the Vatican: to keep talking until they are able to force or to provoke the SSPX to split. The cards are certainly laid out to facilitate such a maneuver.

Bishop Fellay has proved himself in the past to be ingenious about parrying the Vatican's attempts to isolate him and the SSPX. We will now see what he will do in this latest set-up.

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The SSPX should expect that the Vatican will push, push, push on the issue of relations with the Jewish religion. The SSPX's failure to defend Bishop Williamson when he was under world-wide attack has left the SSPX vulnerable on this issue. The Vatican will not fail to exploit this opening in an attempt to put the SSPX on the defensive.

 

Catholic Church, in Today's News 09.17.09

Catholic Church. The Vatican has announced that talks between the Vatican and the Society of Saint Pius X will occur at the end of October.

Now the SSPX will pay the price for their failure to defend Bishop Williamson when the media, the church leaders, and Jewish spokesmen were calling for his head because he questioned the official version of the holocaust. In fact, the SSPX silenced Bishop Williamson as their response to the controversy.

This failure sent a message to the Vatican that the SSPX at best wavers on the question of the holocaust and relations to Judaism. The SSPX in effect opened a door wide open, and the Vatican is now walking through it with great confidence.

Cardinal Schonborn is quoted, "The SSPX will be told very clearly what is not negotiable for the Holy See. This includes such fundamental conclusions of the Second Vatican Council as its positions on Judaism, other non-Christian religions, other Christian churches and on religious freedom as a basic human right."

In other words, the Vatican will insist that the SSPX repudiate any critical outlook on Judaism and the holocaust. Because the Vatican saw a weakness in the SSPX on the Judaism question, they are now going to put it to the SSPX to stand or die on this very question. And they fully expect to prevail.

If the SSPX had been principled and stood by Bishop Williamson and his right to his views, the Vatican would have realized that it would be tough to confront the SSPX on Judaism. Instead the SSPX has handed the initiative to the Vatican. And the SSPX has made the discussion of this issue all that much more difficult.

Every epoch has its key issue. In our talmud-influenced world the key question is the holocaust and holocaustianity.  If one goes wrong on this question they will not arrive at an accurate understanding of anything in the battle for the souls of the world's population.

The truth is that very, very few people understand this key question. It is a pity and damaging to the future of the Church that the SSPX does not understand. They in fact dismiss the notion of holocaustianity. And by doing so they have given up the fight for the future of the Church before the fight even really begins.

Papal Letter to Bishops

Pope Benedict's March 12, 2009 letter to Bishops may be read here.

In his letter Benedict makes clear that the central problem in the fallout from the lifting of the excommunications of the Society of Saint Pius X Bishops is that relations with Jews might have been damaged.

After an introductory paragraph in his letter the Pope gets right to the main point:  "...an apparent step backwards with regard to all the steps of reconciliation between Christians and Jews taken since the Council".  No mention is made or concern expressed regarding the unprecedented world-wide attack on the Church by Judaic spokesmen, media, and organizations.  Nothing is said about the plight of a Bishop in the Church who has been hounded out of his country of residence, is forced to live semi-underground, and faces potential extradition, prosecution and imprisonment.  Not one ounce of curiosity is expressed about the possible truth of Bishop Williamson now-famous remarks.

Nope.  What matters is making sure the Judaic interests are pleased.   

Benedict goes on to make the incredible statement, "...I thank all the more our Jewish friends, who quickly helped to clear up the misunderstanding and to restore the atmosphere of friendship and trust which -- as in the days of Pope John Paul II -- has also existed throughout my pontificate and, thank God, continues to exist."  I'm left almost speechless.  The Pope actually thanks the very forces that mobilized on a world scale to weaken the Church;  thanks them for making things right again!!!!???!!!

If there is any doubt that the attack was successful in weakening the Church:  at the same time that the Pope issued his letter, the Rabbis appealed to him to institute a study of the holocaust in Catholic schools!!!!  (See article here.)

The Benedict papacy has in effect placed the Vatican under a rabbinic oversight committee.  Now Vatican actions and statements are always considered from the point of view of how it will please these Judaic forces.  The worst possibility is the rabbis might not like something.  Then, the Vatican goes into high gear. 

Williamson and the Church Were Set Up

The events following the lifting of the excommunications of the Society of Saint Pius X bishops can lead one to the conclusion that Bishop Williamson was set up to enable an attack on the church.  This operation was intended to: 

*  Discredit the lifting of the excommunications, 

*  Anathematize the traditional Catholic current, 

*  Embarrass and disparage the Pope and the Church, 

*  Establish belief in the "official" holocaust version  as de facto church dogma, and

*  Further entwine the Pope in the Judaic web.

All these aims were achieved, largely because the Pope, the Church, the SSPX, and the traditional Catholics failed to recognize an attack when it occurred, turned their back on the one being used to facilitate the attack, and in general adopted a stance of the most craven sycophancy toward the Judaic attackers.  

The set-up of Williamson would not have been hard to accomplish.  It was generally known that the excommunications were to be lifted.  Williamson's views were also known.  All that was necessary was to locate Williamson, find a friendly reporter, and arrange for a innocent question to be asked about something Williamson had said a few years ago.  [I had a link to an article that described how the lesbian movement arranged for the above question.  Unfortunately I misplaced the link.]

Williamson gave as minimalist an answer as he could, being fully cognizant of European laws on holocaust denial.  But enough was said for the Judaic campaign to be launched.  They had him on current public record on the eve of the lifting of the excommunications.

As soon as the Vatican released the recision of the excommunications, the world wide network of Judaic spokesmen, organizations, and media went into high gear.  It was truly breath-taking to see the extent of the campaign.  The Pope was caught unawares and then reacted in the worst way, making simply ridiculous statements on the holocaust.  (See Maurice Pinay's answer to the Pope, linked below.)  Moreover the Pope and everyone else ignored their obligation to defend a duly recognized Bishop of the Church.

Then when the full measure of the Judaic campaign became manifest, the Pope, Cardinal Bertone, and Cardinal George made statements to the effect that unless one believed in the holocaust (official version) one could not be a Catholic.  

The Judaic interests thus had achieved a great victory:  An authoritative public endorsement of their myth, by the Church no less.

Benedict's actions had further dire consequences.  By not defending Williamson, he in effect gave his by-my-leave for these Judaic interests to go after Williamson.  This they have done with a vengeance.  Three countries now are ready to arrest him. Argentina yesterday gave him an expulsion order.  Thus, the Judaic interests now have Williamson on the run and their intent is pursue him until they have him in prison, humiliated and silenced.

Stop for a moment and contemplate what has happened.  The Church is standing by in silence while enemies of the Church heartlessly and with deadly intent attack a Bishop in good standing in the Church.  

Williamson is now reported to have gone underground undoubtedly to plan and organize how he can defend himself when he has been abandoned by those who should have helped him.  One cannot fault Williamson for whatever steps he may have to take to protect himself from the legal assault and possible physical attacks.

Michael Hoffman has suggested that Williamson may be relatively safe if he comes to the United States.  This may be true.  Hopefully there are serious men of Christ who will provide aid and comfort to Williamson in his fight for survival.

Please pray for Bishop Williamson in his time of dire need!

Bishop Williamson's Plight

The controversy over the rescinding of the excommunications of the Society of St Pius X bishops and over Bishop Williamson's remarks on the holocaust has subsided somewhat in recent days.  But no one, least of all the SSPX, should be deceived about his situation.

Make no mistake:  Williamson now has a great big bull's-eye on his back. 

Those who should be defending him have all abandoned him.  Benedict XVI has in effect thrown Williamson to the wolves.  Bishop Fellay, the head of Williamson's own SSPX, has told Williamson to drop the "nonsense", ordered him to not say more, and now there is a rumor that Fellay has given Williamson one month to recant.  Michael Matt, one of the principle leaders of the Catholic traditionalists, has written a scurrilous attack on Williamson that effectively reads him out of the traditionalist ranks. 

The wolves, of course, are the world-wide network that promotes the "official" version of the holocaust.  You can be sure that right now there are thousands of people in all parts of the world who are working night and day to find a way to prosecute Williamson, put him in prison, and throw away the key.  Already three countries are ready to arrest him for "holocaust denial."  Today it is reported that Argentina is expelling Williamson within ten days.

The failure of the Vatican, the SSPX and Matt to defend Williamson is unconscionable.  Do they not recognize that the attacks on Williamson are an attack on the Church? And that if the effort to prosecute Williamson is successful, it will weaken the Church?  Don't they realize that there are powerful forces whose hatred of the Church is so great that they will use anything to destroy it?  Don't the Church leaders feel an obligation to try to fend off such attacks?

The answer to all these questions has been emphatically "NO!"  It seems they only want to accommodate the attackers and are content to let Williamson fry.  Such an orientation is short sighted at best and completely bankrupt.

Bishop Fellay, to his great discredit, has forced Williamson into his current defensive posture which is untenable.  Thus he has refrained by order from further comment and has indicated that he will review the evidence for his earlier assertions.  This stance will not work.  There are influential forces working heartlessly to do him in, no matter what he says about reviewing his views.  Their goal is to prosecute him unmercifully or through unrelenting pressure to force him to abjectly repent.  

Bishop Williamson is now in a fight for his survival.  Being forced to lay low or duck the battle by the SSPX leaves him extremely vulnerable.  His only real alternative, absent repudiating his views, is to fight back. Unfurl his banner, elaborate his views, see who salutes, rally his troops, explain what the attack on him is all about.  He needs to explain that the attack on him, regardless of his own views, is an attack on the Church, and that he stands unequivocally in defense of the Church. Hopefully Fellay will soon recognize that the attack on Williamson is also directed at him, the SSPX, and the Church, and allow Williamson to take the necessary steps to defend himself.

Bishop Williamson needs the support of all conscientious Catholics at this time. Prayers for Bishop Williamson are an urgent necessity.  Also, prayers for those in the church who choose to turn their heads the other way during Williamson's torment. 

Maurice Pinay: "Bad Advice from the Pope"

Pope Benedict XVI released a statement on January 28, 2009 regarding the holocaust controversy.  The Pope's action was generated by extensive criticism from within the Church and from Judaic and other sources regarding his rescinding of excommunications of four Bishops in the Society of Saint Pius X.  Much of the criticism centered on quotes by Bishop Williamson, one of the four.  Bishop Williamson had been quoted in the media stating his belief that the number of Jews killed in the holocaust was no greater that 200-300,000, and that no gas chambers had been used to exterminate Jews.  

The Pope's statement demonstrates that the Church hierarchy gives total credence to the 'official' version of the holocaust.  The identification with this myth is so thorough that the holocaust has taken on an importance in the Vatican's eyes that seems to be at least equal to Calvary and the resurrection itself. 

The author of the Maurice Pinay Blog has written an eloquent and cogent response to the Pope's statement.  The Pinay response captures in a few brief paragraphs the misconception underpinning the Pope's remarks and points to a central problem that the Church faces today.  This response deserves the widest possible circulation among those who are concerned about the direction of the Church especially since Vatican II.

A media report on the Pope's statement and the Pinay response may be found at:  http://mauricepinay.blogspot.com/2009/01/bad-advice-from-pope.html