Pope Benedict has made a controversial appointment, days after revoking the excommunication of a bishop who is a Holocaust denier.
Fr Wagner is also notorious for his extreme views - he has accused the popular Harry Potter novels of spreading Satanism, and described Hurricane Katrina as God's punishment for the sinners of New Orleans.
He wrote in a parish newsletter that the death and destruction caused by the hurricane in New Orleans was divine retribution for the city's tolerance of homosexuals and permissive sexual attitudes.
TVNL Comment: Another wonderful religious person!