| Sumario: | The article examines the historical development and influence of modern anti-Semitism within certain Catholic circles, tracing its origins not to orthodox Catholicism but to anti-Christian Enlightenment thinkers like Voltaire and Ernest Renan. It highlights how figures such as the Irish priest Denis Fahey and French political thinker Charles Maurras adapted and propagated anti-Semitic conspiracy theories that portrayed Jews as inherently evil and responsible for societal corruption, often intertwining these views with political movements like Action Française. The article further explores the complex relationship between Catholic modernism—a theological movement that reinterpreted traditional doctrines—and anti-Semitism, noting how political and intellectual conflicts in the 19th and 20th centuries shaped Catholic responses to modernity and anti-Semitism. It concludes that contemporary Catholic anti-Semitism stems from a lineage of secular and pagan hostility rather than authentic Catholic teaching, with significant consequences for the Church’s history and theology.
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