VIDEO A controversial Catholic bishop defends Vladimir Putin: “He is the only one who fights against the forces of evil”

VIDEO A controversial Catholic bishop defends Vladimir Putin: “He is the only one who fights against the forces of evil”
VIDEO A controversial Catholic bishop defends Vladimir Putin: “He is the only one who fights against the forces of evil”
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Richard Williamson, a controversial bishop who was twice excommunicated by the Catholic Church, said in a sermon in Warsaw that Russian President Vladimir Putin was the only head of state in the world to “face the forces of evil.”

Bishop Richard Williamson (right)Photo: Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP / Profimedia

“Among the heads of state, there is only one who faces the forces of evil. Don’t rely on Boris Johnson in England, don’t rely on Macron in France, don’t rely on Draghi in Italy. Vladimir Putin, who may not be an angel or a saint, is nevertheless a man of great intelligence and courage. And at the head of Russia, he has the means to confront the one world government, “Williamson said.

He then claims that a few days ago he was very impressed by a group of Catholic “Polish ladies” who all understood that “Vladimir Putin is right.” “I was very surprised because I know that there have often been wars between Poland and Russia, and maybe one will come again,” said the bishop.

“The Russians are fighting in Ukraine, but not in such a way as to crush or crush Ukraine. Vladimir Putin said the goal was to denazify and demilitarize [Ucraina] but reckless Europe is following the United States to try to crush Russia. The war is likely to worsen. We have to do what we can to prepare ourselves “, he concludes.

Who is Bishop Richard Williamson?

The 45-year-old British is a traditionalist Catholic who opposes the changes adopted by the Second Vatican Council which was opened by Pope John XXIII in October 1962 and closed during the pontificate of Pope Paul VI in December 1965.

Along with 3 other priests members of the Society of St. Pius, an international fraternity of traditionalist Catholic clergy, Williamson was elevated to the rank of bishop in 1988 by French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre without the permission of Pope John Paul II, which led to excommunication. their.

It was raised in 2009 by the Catholic Church, but Williamson was again excommunicated in 2015 after he was ordained a bishop without papal approval.

The British man has been indicted and convicted in Germany for denying the Holocaust after declaring during a seminar in Bavaria that the Nazis did not use deadly gas in the gas chambers and that during the Holocaust no more than 200,000-300,000 Jews died .

Williamson’s case seriously affected the image of the Vatican at the time, as he was accepted back into the Catholic Church by the sovereign pontiff after an excommunication that lasted 22 years only a few days after he made the statements in question.

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