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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 25 > Angering critics, pope lifts 4 excommunications

Angering critics, pope lifts 4 excommunications


January 25, 2009

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI, acceding to the far-right of the Catholic Church, revoked the excommunications of four schismatic bishops Saturday, in- cluding a British-born cleric whose comments denying the Holocaust have provoked outrage. The decision provided fresh fuel for....

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