The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/richard-williamson/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:11:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Richard Williamson | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/richard-williamson/ 32 32 Former pope Benedict XVI, the first pontiff to resign in 600 years, dies at 95 https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-pope-benedict-xvi-the-first-pontiff-to-resign-in-600-years-dies-at-95/ Sat, 31 Dec 2022 10:19:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2913582 Catholic leader who spectacularly stepped down in 2013, dies at Vatican; former member of Hitler Youth decried horrors of Holocaust but pushed for beatification of Pope Pius XII

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]]> European court backs Germany on British bishop’s Holocaust denial conviction https://www.timesofisrael.com/european-court-backs-germany-on-british-bishops-holocaust-denial-conviction/ Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:32:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2009910 Defense lawyers said Richard Williamson was innocent because his comment denying Nazi use of gas chambers aired on Swedish TV, where Holocaust denial is not illegal

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]]> Holocaust-denying bishop has Australia visa canceled https://www.timesofisrael.com/holocaust-denying-bishop-has-australia-visa-canceled/ Wed, 11 Jun 2014 22:03:43 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1005584 Richard Williamson, who called Jews 'enemies of Christ,' says up to 300,000 died in Shoah, not in gas chambers

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]]> German court convicts Holocaust-denying bishop https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-court-convicts-holocaust-denying-bishop/ Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:20:52 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=345212 Richard Williams fined $2,400 for claiming Jews weren't killed in gas chambers

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]]> Head of radical Catholic sect calls Jews ‘enemies’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/head-of-radical-catholic-sect-calls-jews-enemies/ Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:53:58 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=335830 Vatican has not responded publicly to remarks by Society of St. Pius X leader

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]]> Vatican says talks to reconcile with anti-Semitic group ‘dead’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/vatican-says-talks-to-reconcile-with-anti-semitic-group-dead/ Sun, 07 Oct 2012 01:51:18 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=243418 Chief of church doctrine says he is unable to bring Society of St. Pius X into the fold

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]]> German court renews case against Holocaust-denying bishop https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-court-renews-case-against-holocaust-denying-bishop/ Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:33:10 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=241554 A legal technicality last year allowed Richard Williamson to escape punishment for televised 'gas chambers' claim

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]]> Romney aide to Haaretz: After he’s elected, Iran will see there’s a new sheriff in town http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/romney-aide-to-haaretz-after-he-s-elected-iran-will-see-there-s-a-new-sheriff-in-town-1.435280 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:45:59 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=125598 Richard Williamson says GOP candidate will make military threats against Tehran credible, arm Syria's rebels, and visit Israel before going anywhere else

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