The row blew up when
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has suspended the Pontiff's membership of the Hitlerjugend until he clarifies his comments with regard to Bishop Richard Williamson, who recently told Swedish TV: "I believe there were no gas chambers. I think that two to three hundred thousand Jews perished in Nazi concentration camps but none of them by gas chambers."
A spokesman for His Holiness defended the readmittance of Bishop Williamson, saying that it was nice for the Pope to have 'someone around who understands him'.
When asked directly about the issue by this Correspondent, the Pontiff declined to comment, saying that he was far too busy with his current plans to
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