Paul Moses is the author, most recently, of The Italian Squad: The True Story of the Immigrant Cops Who Fought the Rise of the Mafia (NYU Press, 2023). He is a contributing writer. Twitter: @PaulBMoses.
An FBI memo rightly highlights the extremist rhetoric of some “Rad Trad” Catholics. But its proposal to infiltrate churches reveals a failure to learn from the past.
When Fr. Coughlin defended Kristallnacht, he turned to the work of Irish theologian Denis Fahey. Now, conservative Catholics are returning to Fahey for inspiration.