Dietrich von Hildebrand
Dietrich von Hildebrand was a German Catholic philosopher and theologian informally called "the 20th Century Doctor of the Church" by Pope Pius XII. Pope John Paul II praised him as one of the great ethicists of the twentieth century, while Pope Benedict XVI, who knew him in Munich, predicted his name would be prominent in Catholic intellectual history.
Von Hildebrand vocally criticized Second Vatican Council changes, particularly the new liturgy, comparing its deterioration to the work of devils in C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters.
He died in New Rochelle, New York, in 1977.
