Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston is the first high-level church official in the United States to defend publicly Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to lift the excommunication of a Holocaust-denying bishop, but he also apologized to the Jewish community for the bishop’s “outrageous” remarks.
Boston cardinal defends pope, apologizes to Jews
Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston is the first high-level church official in the United States to defend publicly Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to lift the excommunication of a Holocaust-denying bishop, but he also apologized to the Jewish community for the bishop’s “outrageous” remarks.
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