Merkel: you go, girl!

Blogging about international affairs, the Holocaust, and the Vatican is definitely punching above my weight class, but rarely are issues so crystal clear as the recent controversy involving the Pope.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attacked the Vatican for lifting the excommunication of a British bishop named Richard Williamson, who is an unabashed Holocaust denier. Williamson believes “categorically” that there is insufficient evidence for the extermination of six million Jews in gas chambers during WW2. The pompous twit should be put out to pasture, not embraced by the Pope.

It’s good to see the German public is rallying behind their leader on this matter. Over at the Vatican, they have declared the matter “closed” after His Holiness condemned Holocaust deniers and expressed “solidarity” with the Jewish people. The AFP report adds:

Since becoming the leader of the world’s 1.1 billion Catholics in 2005, Pope Benedict has offended Muslims, women, native Indians, Poles, gays and scientists but his latest move is fast snowballing into his most damaging.