Richard Williamson

Richard Nelson Williamson, (born 8 March 1940) is an English traditionalist Catholic and bishop who is a member of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX). Williamson opposes the changes in the Catholic Church brought about by the Second Vatican Council. He sees such changes as being unacceptably liberal, modernistic, and fundamentally non Catholic, and as such, being destructive to the Church. In 1988, the Holy See declared that Williamson had incurred... More

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