It all started to go wrong before the Council II

Atheists, my brothers. A little book by the famous Dominican, Sertillanges produced in January 1940. Three months later the Nazi's stormed in, so he no doubt had a chance to put his views into practice.

This was German Church policy, the protestants for the most part caving in quickly.

Some years later, the Pact of Metz with the Communists, atheists of the left rather than the right.