Holocaust-denying bishop apologizes to pope

A bishop who denies that Jews were killed in Nazi gas chambers apologized Friday that his remarks caused "distress" for the pope.In a letter to a Vatican official, Bishop Richard Williamson did not say that his remarks, made in an interview with Swedish public television, were inaccurate."Amidst this tremendous media storm stirred up by imprudent remarks of mine on Swedish television, I beg of you to accept, only as is properly respectful, my sincere regrets for having caused to yourself and to the Holy Father so much unnecessary distress and problems," Williamson wrote to Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos.He added that he has "only one comment, from the prophet Jonas, 1:12: 'Take me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you; for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.'"Williamson posted the letter on his blog.International Jewish leaders were among those outraged that Pope Benedict XVI lifted Williamson's excommunication in a decree issued Saturday.Williamson and three other bishops with the Society of Saint Pius X were excommunicated by Pope John Paul II in 1988....
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