The veil of mystery over the Council’s omitting any reference to Communism has gradually been lifted.
Pope Paul VI presides over a meeting of the Second Vatican Council in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in 1963.
As the Church celebrates the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, there is one lesser-known—and some would argue highly disturbing—aspect of the Council that has tended to be overlooked: the absence of any reference to, or condemnation of, Communism in the Council’s documents, despite the fact that the Soviet Union was at that time at the height of its powers.
Read the article here: http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1798/Why_Did_Vatican_II_Ignore_Commun...
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