Rabbi Tells It Like It Is

[I_Believe]

An American rabbi. Irwin Kula, has come to the defense of Pope Benedict:

Something is off kilter here. Is it possible that the leadership of Jewish defense agencies, people with the best of motivation who have historically done critical work in fighting anti-Semitism, have become so possessed by their roles as monitors of anti-Semitism, so haunted by unresolved fears, guilt, and even shame regarding the Holocaust, and perhaps so unconsciously driven by how these issues literally keep their institutions afloat, that they have become incapable of distinguishing between a bishop’s ridiculous, loopy, discredited views about the Holocaust and a Church from the Pope down which has clearly and repeatedly recognized the evil done to Jews in the Holocaust and called for that evil to never be forgotten. catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=1869

Shalom

 

[Middleman]

He does make a very good point. Everyone is so hyper sensitive these days. We’ll have to remember this comment next time the shoe is on the other foot, and we are on the receiving end of similar comments by anti-Catholics!

Nevertheless, I do think Bishops should refrain from running off the mouth in public, in videos that will be broadcast on TV and You Tube for all the world to see. I know my boss would probably be irate if I did that while representing myself as an employee of theirs.

 

[Cluny]

Jewish leaders have condemned Pope Benedict for lifting the excommunications of the SSPX bishops, as if it were any of their business.

This is strictly an internal church matter.

And did it ever occur to them that now it’s possible to keep a leash on such as Bp. Williamson now that he’s no longer excommunicated (though technically, not admitted to exercise his ministry in the Catholic Church, either)?

 

[I_Believe]

I found this latest NY Times article.

nytimes.com/2009/02/05/world/europe/05pope.html?_r=2&hp

The statement from the Vatican on Wednesday also addressed questions about what conditions the society would have to meet before being fully welcomed back into the fold, saying it would have to offer its “full recognition of the Second Vatican Council” to receive “recognition” by the church.

Jewish groups on Wednesday welcomed the statement by the Secretariat of State.

“This was the sign the Jewish world has been waiting for,” Ronald S. Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress, said in a statement.

Seems it’s blowing over. Cardinal Kaspar’s job just got easier.

 

[Joe_Kelley]

Jewish leaders have condemned Pope Benedict for lifting the excommunications of the SSPX bishops, as if it were any of their business.

This is strictly an internal church matter.
. . .

Right. I thought that was settled at the Council of Jerusalem - Acts 15.

 

[cathguy]

Jewish leaders have condemned Pope Benedict for lifting the excommunications of the SSPX bishops, as if it were any of their business.

This is strictly an internal church matter.

And did it ever occur to them that now it’s possible to keep a leash on such as Bp. Williamson now that he’s no longer excommunicated (though technically, not admitted to exercise his ministry in the Catholic Church, either)?

Great point!