How the Democrats infiltrated the Catholic Church
by Damian Thompson, Spectator:
[…] On 11 February 2012, Sandy Newman, a non-Catholic progressive activist, wrote to Podesta suggesting he should ‘plant the seeds of a revolution’ by driving a wedge between the US Catholic bishops, who opposed Obama on contraception, and ordinary Catholics who use birth control. His email was catchlined: ‘Opening for a Catholic Spring?’ Podesta replied: ‘We created Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good to organise for a moment like this … likewise Catholics United.’
‘We’ means the Democrats. Podesta has worked for the party since George McGovern’s 1972 bid for the presidency, and before that volunteered for Eugene McCarthy. For Democrat operatives of his vintage, the ‘creation’ of progressive lobby groups is second nature. But they’d rather do so beneath the radar. On the whole, they’ve succeeded. The American Catholic left is crawling with acronyms. Republicans, busy with their own lobbying, can’t be bothered to keep track of them. And many conservative Catholics gloss over details in favour of broad-brush conspiracy theories. That can’t be said, however, of the formidable Dr Anne Hendershott, a conservative Catholic professor of sociology. For years she has been keeping an eye on Podesta’s two ‘creations’, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good and Catholics United, as well as other nominally Catholic organisations.
These organisations share political goals and exchange staff: Alexia Kelley, a founder of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, was appointed by Obama to the Center for Faith Based and Community Initiatives. They also draw on some of the same bank accounts. A prominent donor is Soros, who has given $450,000 to Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good and $300,000 to the pro-abortion Catholics for a Free Choice.
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