Chapter 21 The Conspiracy of the Alta Vandita of the Carbonari.

So now we have arrived in our brief historical outline of Catholic liberalism at the eve

of Vatican II.

Before analyzing the victory won at the Council by liberalism,

I would like to go back a little to show you how the penetration of liberalism

into all the hierarchy and even into the papacy itself,

unthinkable two centuries ago, was nonetheless

conceived, foretold, and organized as early as the beginning of the last century by Freemasonry.

It will be sufficient to produce the documents that prove the existence of this plot against the church,

of this, quote, supreme attempt against the papacy. The secret papers of the Alta Vandita of

the Carbonari that fell into the hands of Pope Gregory XVI embrace a period that goes from

1820 to 1846. They were published at the

request of Pope Pius 9th by Cretino Jolie in his work, the Roman Church and Revolution.

With the brief approbation of February 25, 1861, which he addressed to the author,

Pius 9th guaranteed the authenticity of these documents, but he did not allow anyone to divulge

the true names of the members of the Alta Vandita implicated in this correspondence.

These letters are absolutely bewildering.

And if the popes have asked that they be published,

it is so that the faithful will know the conspiracy

hatched against the church by the secret societies,

that they will know its plan and be guarded against its possible fulfillment.

I will say no more about this now, but you will

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