Pope John's Council

For those familiar with it, Pope John’s Council is already considered a classic. Few books rival its clarity and objectivity. Michael Davies reveals an astonishing pattern: a pastoral council, Vatican II, was overtaken by a group of theological liberals who discarded the documents prepared by the Council Preparatory Committee (which included Archbishop Lefebvre), silenced voices defending the Faith—Cardinal Ottaviani among them—and co-opted the media to shape the narrative to their favor.

Updated by Davies in his final year, this book is indispensable for understanding Vatican Council II.