The Pope has decided that forgiven doesn't mean forgotten. When he recently un-excommunicated some dissenters, and they continued to spew hateful, anti-semitic Holocaust-denial, the Pope's silence implied consent. He is silent no more. That isn't to say he has re-excommunicated the offender, but he has called him out. It's a start.
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So much for the doctrine of papal infallibility. ;)