re: #36 Daisy

Why? He’s not considered a Bishop by the Church (since he was ordained by religion deemed false - actually schismatic by the RC Church), he’s considered a lay priest - not allowed to perform any of the functions of the priesthood. The Pope, with this move, strongly appears to be dis empowering anti-Semites by neutralizing Williamson and others like him. Last time I looked, anti-Semitic sentiments/actions were on the high rise in Europe. Finally, Catholicism, unlike some other religious persuasions/social institutions, is committed to keeping adherence to forgiveness/mercy, not ostracism. Look to others, for instance the penal system (or certain family systems), to ostracize - one reason so many (not all) inmates come out worse for the time endured.

He is unrepentant. As long as he is unrepentant and within the fold of the Catholic Church, it can be viewed as an implicit endorsement of his views, or at the least as another example of the church casting a blind eye, as with all the years of child abuse within the ranks of the clergy. The policy should be zero tolerance.