Why Did The Pope Pardon The Bishop That Denied The Holocaust?

Those who deny that the holocaust ever happened are not unlike folks who downplay the effect slavery has had on the descendants of slaves.These inhumane & shameful parts of world history should be acknowledged & studied in-depth,as they have been.Hopefully then,we will be able to stop genocide & slavery,once & for all.Because these are issues that still plague our society.So,why would the Pope decide to pardon a bishop who denied the genocide of the Jews? Here's more from the Telegraph:

"Senior rabbis have threatened to cancel planned talks at the Vatican in response to the pardon.

In the Commons, Mr Khan told MPs: "The fact that somebody who can deny that the Holocaust took place can hold high office, can be invited to august institutions to debate this, causes me great concern. Many MPs will... find the promotion of such a person highly unsavoury.

"Let's be clear those who deny the Holocaust aren't pseudo-historians who are revising history. Some of their views... demonstrate anti-Semitism. We can't pretend the Holocaust didn't happen."

He was responding to a question from David Winnick, Labour MP for Walsall North, who called on the minister to "deplore the fact that a British-born bishop, a Holocaust denier, obviously pro-Nazi, has been brought back into the fold by the Vatican".

For the Tories, Julian Lewis added: "The Pope has made this decision to take someone who is an unrepentant denier of the Holocaust back into his Church.

"I'm sure British Roman Catholics and British Jews and those of no religion whatsoever will be absolutely horrified about what the Pope has done."

Lembit Opik, Liberal Democrat MP for Montgomeryshire, said the Holocaust was "a blood-stained testimony to what happens when an ordinary, decent society is allowed to descend into extraordinary barbarism and the abandonment of basic human rights".
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Hear Bishop Richard Williamson attempt to revise history for yourself & then ask yourself why the Pope pardoned him.