In a letter to the German Episcopate, released Thursday, Pope Benedict admitted his error in the case of Holocaust-denying Bishop Richard Williamson, whose excommunication from the Catholic Church was lifted last December. He stated clearly that a "mishap" had taken place due to the insufficient study of information taken from the Internet.
After a meeting with the pope, Haifa Chief Rabbi She'ar-Yashuv Cohen, who headed a delegation there last week stated: "This was not just another meeting. This was a special experience, a turning point, the end of a crisis. We could not have expected a warmer reception."
A positive result, it would seem, of the end of papal infallibility.
