▁Catholic ▁Crit ics . ▁Bl ans hard ▁published ▁a ▁second ▁edition ▁that ▁updated ▁the ▁book . ▁ ▁Bl ans hard ▁was ▁later ▁a ▁vocal ▁adm ir er ▁of ▁John ▁F . ▁Kennedy . ▁ ▁William ▁A . ▁Don oh ue ▁of ▁the ▁Catholic ▁League ▁for ▁Relig ious ▁and ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁calls ▁it ▁a ▁" h ate - filled " ▁book ▁that ▁raised ▁the ▁" old ▁can ard ▁of ▁' du al ▁lo y alt ies '" ▁and ▁included ▁such ▁" r ub b ish " ▁as ▁Bl ans hard ' s ▁" C atholic ▁Plan ▁for ▁America ", ▁which ▁pur port edly ▁ent a iled ▁" se izing ▁the ▁government , ▁repe aling ▁the ▁First ▁Am end ment , ▁out law ing ▁divor ce , ▁and ▁making ▁the ▁po pe ▁the ▁president ' s ▁official ▁superior ". ▁Philip ▁Jenkins , ▁the ▁Protest ant ▁author ▁of ▁The ▁New ▁Anti - C atholic ism : ▁The ▁Last ▁Accept able ▁Pre jud ice , ▁notes ▁that ▁the ▁book ▁contains ▁echo es ▁of ▁the ▁views ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Prote ct ive ▁Association ▁and ▁the ▁Ku ▁Kl ux ▁K lan ▁and , ▁although ▁Bl ans hard ' s ▁plan ▁of ▁" res istance " ▁to ▁Catholic ism ▁did ▁not ▁pres cribe ▁the ▁violence ▁of ▁those ▁earlier ▁anti - C atholic ▁prede cess ors , ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁shadow ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁readers ▁would ▁read ▁the ▁word ▁resistance ▁to ▁have ▁such ▁an ▁imp lication . ▁ ▁Catholic ▁author ▁Robert ▁Lock wood ▁states ▁the ▁work ▁essentially ▁makes ▁a ▁sec