In
The Virgin of Guadalupe and the Conversos, Marie-Theresa Hernandez unmasks the secret lives of
conversos and
judaizantes and their likely influence on
the Catholic Church
in the New World. On a
Da Vinci Code – style quest, Hernandez persisted in hunting against resistance for a trove of forgotten manuscripts at the New York Public Library. These documents, once unearthed, describe the Jewish/Christian religious beliefs of an early nineteenth century Catholic priest in Mexico City, focusing on the relationship between the Virgin of Guadalupe and Judaism.
