The plot against the Church

Maurice Pinay, Complotto contro la Chiesa, (“The Plot against the Church”).

This book was first printed in Rome, 1962; soon followed editions in Austria (Jan. 1963), Venezuela (Dec. 1963) and Mexico (“Complot contra la Iglesia”). The definitive and revised edition was published by “Mundo Libre” (Mexico) in 1968, translated by Luis Gonzales, after II Vatican Council ended.

A number of authors, mainly coming from University of Guadalajara (Mexico) and Catholic Union of Trento (Italy) worked for 14 months on this book and then distributed copies to all Fathers of the II Vatican Council.

The book was intended to stop Augustin Cardinal Bea accepting requirements of Jewish authorities that authors considered incompatible with Roman Catholic faith.

Eventually, the Nostra Aetate document of the II Vatican Council wiped out every possible equivocal expression about Jews.