Rabbis Urge Vatican to Suspend Talks with SSPX

European rabbis have urged the Vatican to suspend unity talks with the Society of St Pius X until the movement pledged to fight what they called anti-Semitism in its ranks, said a Reuters report in the West Australian.

The Conference of European Rabbis said Bishop Richard Williamson - already known for publicly denying the Holocaust - and the head of the splinter group in France had recently revived the age-old accusation that Jews killed Jesus.

The statement came as the ultra traditionalist group considered a final offer from the Vatican to end their 23-year split.

Both Williamson and French SSPX head Rev Regis de Cacqueray, two outspoken critics of any compromise with the Vatican, recently repeated the charge against the Jews.

"There must be no rapprochement within the Catholic Church for those of its flock who seek to preach words of hate," said Conference head Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt in a statement.

"We call upon the Catholic Church to suspend negotiations with extremist Catholic tendencies until it is clear that these groups show a clear commitment to tackling anti-Semitism within their ranks," said Goldschmidt, whose Brussels-based group represents chief rabbis and senior rabbinical judges across Europe.

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