I thought it may be because the Pope said something about a Palestinian state. Nope.
Some Jewish groups voiced concern Friday that the Vatican might be calling into question more than 40 years of progress in Catholic-Jewish relations by reaching out to a group of breakaway traditionalist Catholics that includes a Holocaust-denying bishop.
It seems some Jews are worried that the Vatican would let the Society of St. Pius X back into the fold (the group was excommunicated) without their acceptance of Nostra Aetate, a document that clearly stated the Jews were not to be blamed for Christ's death (although, to be technical, it can, just as His death can be blamed on Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and Stephen Hawking, since He died for all of our sins).
Okay, let me tell you now - that ain't gonna happen. And if the Society balks at it, screw them. With all due respect, the Jews have more to worry about with the UN wanting to declare Palestinian statehood than an issue that really is internal to the Church.
Guys, you can't fault the Pope for trying to bring back stray members of the flock, okay? No, I don't know why he lifted the excommunication of Bishop Williamson, but in doing so the Holy Father did not give him faculties as a priest and hand him a parish, right? So stop worrying about what the Catholic Church is doing with its members, because us and the evangelical Christians will be the first to come to your defense when the Muslims attack.
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