Mr. Michael Davies explains that the program for Vatican II was quite different from that which was examined and ultimately promulgated once the Council began. Why is this the case? Mr. Michael Davies shows that an organized group of progressives took advantage of the lack of organization of traditionalists and pushed the Council down an unexpected direction. Taken from: My End is My Beginning: The Analogy of Contemporary Christianity With its Ancient Setting – 2001 VonHildebrand Institute