A leftist-jihadist alliance between the Clinton camp, Soros and the Catholic Church was exposed by WikiLeaks, followed by desperate attempts to try to explain away the leaks. Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta is said to have “responded favorably to an email forwarded to him from a leftwing ‘Catholic’ organization that said it was arranging meetings with Catholic prelates to urge them to press U.S. senators to vote for the Iran Treaty.”
The contents of the email:
I thought you might be interested in this report from the CACG [Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good] exec director Chris Hale on efforts to have the Catholic org community promote the Iran Treaty. There is a tremendous amount of potential in these inter Faith orgs including the ability to reach some working class voters…
But when Hale was confronted about the email that WikiLeaks claimed was sent by Podesta, all Hale could reply was this:
“What was communicated in that email is not the right way forward, but I also want to say that I know John Podesta. He’s a good man, he’s a good Catholic, he practices the faith seriously.”
Yet Podesta has stated:
We created Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good to organize for a moment like this.
As exposed by WikiLeaks, Christopher Hale, Executive Director of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, said this in an email with the subject heading “Catholic Efforts on Iran Update”:
I think the top-line goal is pretty clear: we need Archbishop William Lori and Cardinal Donald Wuerl to make direct appeals to Senators Cardin and Mikulski on this issue. While I don’t have any advance knowledge, I have a sense from the conversations setting up the meetings that there might be willingness for that to happen.
I’ll be taking some time off on both today and Monday to rejuvenate myself as my colleagues and I continue our grueling preparation for Pope Francis’s apostolic trip to the US. As you can imagine, Iran is just a portion of the work we’re doing in preparation for the Holy Father’s trip.
Meanwhile, Dr. William Donohue, president and CEO of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, stated that Podesta is “hell bent on creating mutiny in the Catholic Church.” Donohue further stated:
The evidence is indisputable: Both of these groups, Catholics in Alliance and Catholics United, were created by Podesta, and funded by Soros, for the express purpose of staging a revolt within the Catholic Church.
Together, they have sought to manipulate public opinion against the Catholic Church.
In 2012, Sandy Newman, founder of the left-wing group, Voices for Progress, asked Podesta for advice on how best to “plant the seeds of the revolution.” The revolution he sought was an attempt to sunder the Catholic Church.
“Hillary Clinton Campaign Forwarded Plan to White House to Promote Iran Treaty Using Catholic Prelates’ Influence”, by Susan Berry, Breitbart, October 22, 2016:
An email from the account of Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta reveals White House chief of staff Denis McDonough responding favorably to an email forwarded to him by Podesta from a leftwing “Catholic” organization that said it was arranging meetings with Catholic prelates to urge them to press U.S. senators to vote for the Iran Treaty.
The email, revealed by WikiLeaks, shows a message originally forwarded to Podesta by Fred Rotondaro, chairman of the dissident Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG), and a senior fellow with Podesta’s organization Center for American Progress.
Rotondaro wrote on August 21, 2015 to Podesta and other Clinton campaign staffers:
John,
I thought you might be interested in this report from the CACG exec director Chris Hale on efforts to have the Catholic org community promote the Iran Treaty. There is a tremendous amount of potential in these inter Faith orgs including the ability to reach some working class voters,
Fred
The forwarded message is from Ben Palumbo, a CACG board member, who wrote on the subject of “Catholic Efforts on Iran Update” to Diane Randall and members of the Quakers (Friends) political lobbying organization, CACG’s Hale, and James Salt of Catholics United, another leftwing dissident group that calls itself “Catholic.”
Palumbo wrote about plans to meet with several Democrat U.S. senators:
Hi Diane,
I wanted you to see this report from our Exec. Dir. Chris Hale.
We are going to seek a meeting with Warner, and requests are in the works for Coons and Casey.
Best wishes,
Ben
The report, from Hale, first announces CACG’s ad to support the Iran Treaty that is running on leftwing “Catholic” sites National Catholic Reporter and Commonweal.
Hale wrote:
Our advertisement began running on National Catholic Reporter and Commonweal yesterday. Right now, when you click the advertisement, the link takes you to MoveOn’s 60 Day to Stop A War Take Action website. From there, you are able to dial into your Member of Congress and request them to support the Iran Deal.
At some point today, that link will change to our own website, which will list all the groups’ names, simple talking points, and give people a chance to dial in three elected officials (their one US Representatives and two Senators). While the MoveOn site is very effective, ours will ensure that people calling into the offices identify as a person of faith, which is important in both our narrative creation (Catholics support the deal) and coalition building (the God Squad takes action).
Hale then pointed out that his organization is working on letters to Democrat U.S. Sens. Benjamin Cardin and Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, to urge them to vote for the Iran deal.
He continued that CACG was planning to meet with Baltimore Archbishop William Lori and Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., to encourage them to urge the Maryland senators to vote for the Iran Treaty as well:
The letters to both Senators Cardin and Mikulski have been e-mailed, faxed, and snail mailed to the appropriate parties. This morning, I will make follow up calls to the state chief of staffs and schedulers. I imagine we’ll know early next week if they plan on meeting with our groups’ representatives. If it appears that isn’t the case, I’m developing a grass-tops digital strategy and local media strategy to encourage them to change their minds…
I have phone calls early next week with senior advocacy staffers for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Archdiocese of Washington (which includes territory in Maryland), and the Maryland Catholic Conference.
While I think there should be many goals for these meetings, I think the top-line goal is pretty clear: we need Archbishop William Lori and Cardinal Donald Wuerl to make direct appeals to Senators Cardin and Mikulski on this issue. While I don’t have any advance knowledge, I have a sense from the conversations setting up the meetings that there might be willingness for that to happen.
I will be sending an additional e-mail to our C4 community on Tuesday to asking them to contact their Members of Congress. This was remarkably successful last week. Based on the digital metrics, we can safely assume thousands of our Catholic brothers and sisters are taking action on this issue. My colleagues will be working with our allies to scan the local newspapers this upcoming week to see if people are communicating faith values in supporting the deal to letters to the editors in newspapers across the nation. My initial sense is that they are. That would be something to be proud of for our group.
I’ll be taking some time off on both today and Monday to rejuvenate myself as my colleagues and I continue our grueling preparation for Pope Francis’s apostolic trip to the US. As you can imagine, Iran is just a portion of the work we’re doing in preparation for the Holy Father’s trip…
I spoke to the White House yesterday and they assure us the media’s moniker calling us “God Squad” isn’t just sweet nothings, but actually a fair assessment of the substantial difference we’re making in this conversation.
Christopher J. Hale
Executive Director
Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
641 S Street Northwest, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20001
Rebuilding Our Nation, Renewing Our Society
Podesta forwarded the report to McDonough at the White House, who responded to him, “Terrific.”
In a prior email unveiled by WikiLeaks, dated February of 2012, Podesta assured Voices of Progress president Sandy Newman that a “Catholic Spring” which would “plant the seeds of revolution” in the Catholic Church would be realized with the help of his dissident “Catholic” groups.
“We created Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good to organize for a moment like this,” wrote Podesta. “Likewise Catholics United.”
Phil says
So its not just the mosques that do not practice “separation of mosque and state. Now, perhaps thanks to that left wing anarchist in the Vatican Francis, the church no longer abides by our constitution that compels them to “separate church and state.
I say that we should give the left wing atheists what they want and make both all religions pay their fair share of taxes and take away all benefits granted them by our government for failure to comply.
Leftys will still come up with a different way of sticking up for Muslims anyway.
Truth 101 says
Phil,
First, this is not the “Catholic Church,” but mainly left-wing groups that happen to call themselves “Catholic.” Second, there is no “separation of church and state” in the Constitution. It is nowhere to be found. Rather, the notion that this is what the First Amendment dictates is an invention of a usurpative Supreme Court.
Kelly says
Thank you for this, Truth 101.
A bit of good news– a visiting priest today talked to us about Knights of Columbus and also that he had been able to be at World Youth Day (in Poland). He said a young woman from Syria addressed the large crowd there, speaking of how she and her community are persecuted for their faith. This priest said the Pope referred to this young lady’s words in his own talk which followed hers and that the entire assembly prayed for 20 minutes. He said the young lady expressed excitement that she would return to her own community and let them know that all of them were praying for her community.
(And now, Christian brothers and sisters, may we make her hopes true).
Salomon says
I said before and I say now again,the Catholic Church ls not a Christian Church,christianity has nothing to do with Catholic,it is the construction of White fundamental construction,they aim,goal,ambition and interest to be Antichrist,the Holocaust of Jews in Germany was happened by Catholics,the children molestation,homosexuality,violence , interference in politics….by Catholics…and now still continue…
Aaron says
Salomon, your comment is only plausible if you ignore, history, facts and reason, itself. The fullness of Christianity can only be found in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
Carolyne says
The Catholic Church might or might not be the true Christian church, I don’t know. But I do know that Christ never directed his followers to build massive amounts of wealth, palaces for the hierarchy, or wear funny hats.
Jimdandi says
The fulness of genuine Christianity is to be found in the Holy Scriptures. It is not found in a Church or religion no matter what it may cal itself. Jesus Christ, as revealed in the New Testament, is the only Way, the Truth and the Life. Salvation is is the Person of Jesus Christ, not in a Church or religious group.
Beagle says
The “separation of church and state” is found in a letter from Thomas Jefferson to some Baptists who wanted a national day of fasting. The US Constitution prohibits the “establishment” of religion but guarantees the right to “free exercise.” Justice O’Connor ruined that framework by redefining “establishment” as “endorsement” thus creating a new regime compelling government to be overtly hostile to Christian religious traditions which had existed for centuries, thereby trampling on the Free Exercise Clause in almost every instance.
But of course, Islamic theology is taught uncritically in public schools. A landlord was required to gain a positive view of Islam in a criminal sentence. A film maker was perp walked in front of a herd of camera men for daring to ridicule Muhammad’s life story, a story on which was blamed a paroxysm of violence in the Middle East and the Benghazi assault. The president (Mufti?) gravely intoned that “The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam” at the UN General Assembly. The Joint Chiefs of Staff at the DoD was tasked to prevent a private citizen from burning a Quran. And or (ugh) likely next president is minded by a Muslim Brotherhood infiltrator and passed UNR 16/18 which attempts to globalize sharia prohibitions against any criticism of Islam.
The establishment of Islam as a theocratic dystopian dictatorship is well underway. Globalist social engineers like the Pope, Clinton, Obama, Merkel, Zuckerberg, Soros, etc., demand it.
Charles says
Is it possible not to run pictures of Mario Giorgio Bergoglio any more? As a faithful Catholic I find my stomach not able to take it any more.
Angemon says
“Common Good” – a way to defend what might be indefensible otherwise. Crack down on free speech? It’s for the “Common Good”. Arrest people for saying something the powers that be don’t like? No problem, it’s for the “Common Good”. Wasn’t that how communist and marxist leaders justified the deaths of millions of people – inevitable, if not necessary, for the “Common Good”?
Kay says
It is yet again a twisting of language. The “common good” is indeed a value Catholics hold. But to use that phrase as a name of a group with particular political goals is dishonest, akin to naming a group Black Lives Matter. It seems Soros is adept at using phrases that no one within a group would argue with but then uses them in a new context where they don’t fit (killing police officers, making a treaty destined to destroy Israel). Sometimes we can’t see beyond the words that hold our truths.
“Love is love is love is love” ignores the entire Mohammeden aspect of the attack.
But their aim to destroy the Catholic Church is having an effect. People are afraid to voice their opinions and fears. PC self-censorship happens in the church as in society at large. Mistrust is destroying relationships and making communities weaker and easier to destroy.
Rosewood11 says
Dig this video, people!!! It’s time to put this on your phone, dress in red, go vote and then head to your local mall (where your voices will echo), and have the biggest flash mobs since “The Hallelujah Chorus” !!! It’ll scare hillary crapless!!!
vladkoval_Ukraine says
Great!
Praeceptor Maximus says
That was a great video. I would like to ask you could you please tell me how do you embed the video into your post like that? I have previously tried to do it, but it didn’t work.
JawsV says
I love how Podesta called Bernie Sanders a “doofus” in the leaked e-mails! Heh! That’s just how I felt. Why are all these youngsters going nuts over Gramps? I never understood it. Of course I disliked Sandals as he’s as much a doofus about Islam as Hillary.
billybob says
Going off topic for a moment, I just wanted to take a moment to state how happy I was to open Jihad Watch this morning to get up to date with the latest news. You see, in the past few days reading about the big DDos the other day that shut down the internet for many in the USA, and how Julian Assange seems to have disappeared after releasing all that dirt on Hillary via WikiLeaks, I realized how ephemeral a website can be.
Then last night shortly after midnight, I went for a quick look at Jihad Watch before going to bed when I discovered to my dismay the site was down. The site returned a cryptic “504 error”, which according to a Google search meant it was seriously misconfigured. I was quite alarmed. I considered that maybe some hackers had gotten to it and trashed the server, or perhaps Obama/Hillary had decided to shut it down like they made Equador shut down Julian Assange…
I realized in that moment how much it meant to me that Jihad Watch was there – watching over us, so to speak. I realized what kind of world this may become if it should ever disappear. It was a very unpleasant thought to consider a world where a site like Jihad Watch may be shut down as “hate speech” by Hillary.
Then as I went to bed I realized that they were probably just doing some routine maintenance on the site, something that is often done after midnight by site administrators. Let me tell you how relieved I was this morning to discover Jihad Watch alive and well!
I hope you keep a good backup and have solid contingency plans, Robert. If the government can shut down Julian Assange, it is not a great stretch of the imagination to consider they would just as well shut you down.
Kay says
I wondered some of the same things billybob. And reading about German police records wiped out reinforces that awareness if how ephemeral our knowledge is.
Carolyne says
What happened to you last night, billybob, is what will happen permanently if Hillary Clinton is elected Queen–excuse me, President. Her Attorney General (And she will continue as AG promised by Bill Clinton on that tarmac) Loretta Lynch has said that her worst nightmare is that we the people will criticize Islam, and she will prosecute us if we do. She backed down from the prosecute part, but once Hillary Clinton has in place her nominees to the Supreme Court, the First and Second Amendments will be abolished and we will be left defenseless against her and her Muslim cohorts. This site will not exist nor will any site which is not pro-Socialist and pro-Islam.
Stefan Jetchick says
Re: billybob here above:
” It was a very unpleasant thought to consider a
world where a site like Jihad Watch may be shut
down as “hate speech” by Hillary.”
I fully agree with your post. Thank you!
Elisheva says
They did the same thing in the Jewish Community they set up an organization called J Street. They set up anti-Israel pro-Obama pro-Palestinian groups.
Kay says
God help us.
Kay says
Well, they’re pretty confusing. I looked at their website and it says they’re pro-Israel and pro-democracy .. . . but they’re also in favor of the Iran nuclear deal and against any politicians who spoke against it.
Larry says
By their actions shall you know them. It doesn’t matter what they claim to be, just look at what they actually do.
In which case you find that they are anti-Israeli, ardent supporters of genocidal anti-semites, and all around dirt bags.
Victor Redlick says
The infamous nation-destroying billionaire pimp George Soros’ cub scout den of incestuous little whores festering over at “MoveON.orgy” and under many other subversive aliases with his agent provocateur imprimatur alone; Hillary campaign chairman John Podesta’s D.C. stable spreading their own personal brand of syphilis at a ‘track’ in every city, town and village where the party’s undersexed ‘useful idiots’ habituate, in America; and the most insidious and perhaps impeachable candidate Clinton and her entourage of what makes up the rest of the politically criminal element that owns full responsibility for the attempted – and it remains to be seen whether they succeeded or not – destruction of a once-revered nation among nations.
Is more of this same grotesque tyranny that which a collaborative-seeking people with inherent integrity should be voting for or, worse, looking to live under the oppression of even longer; or, better still, can we ‘cope’ without all the confusion and zealotry that has overwhelmed common sense and constitutional government, leading to finally eradicating this disease which has already attacked some of the integral fiber of America’s genome and reeked havoc so unnecessarily? How thick are the stupid Kool-Aid sots?
somehistory says
There is no bottom of the scummy crud to which they will not sink in order to implement their evil plan. But when they have succeeded in establishing islam as ruler over everyone, they will not survive to enjoy what they think they will be enjoying.
The wild beast from satan, known as islam, is only meant for death and destruction of all…those who embrace it and those who refuse to bow down to worship it. And when it goes into destruction in the lake of fire, those embracing and woshipping it will go too.
Salomon says
I said before and I say now again,the Catholic Church ls not a Christian Church,christianity has nothing to do with Catholic,it is the construction of White fundamental construction,they aim,goal,ambition and interest to be Antichrist,the Holocaust of Jews in Germany was happened by Catholics,the children molestation,homosexuality,violence , interference in politics….by Catholics…and now still continue…
J says
Go away.
My God….
Duane Wicker says
We need to get all of the pro USA, America First groups to meet and talk. We need to make sure that all of these left wing Soros groups are identified and under-mined just as they under-mine our right wing groups. So many of our groups are working on the same items, but do not share the information they gather with one another. We need leadership and direction. We need to use our resources responsibly. HOW, WHERE, WHEN, and WHY. I’m sure if this is tried that the powers to be will declare this action illegal and try to stop it. Any ideas? Remember how affectively they reigned in the Tea Party. Remember, which I am sure that you do, they have no rules that will stop them from their desired, end result. All means are fair means, and they will resort to any means necessary, as they have already shown, to reach their goal. We are the identified enemy and must be destroyed, one way or another. I am sure that all of these comments are monitored; maybe I am overly suspicious, but having seen their methods applied from past events and how things are covered-up, we are the vulnerable ones and they make very few mistakes in their dealings.
Please reply!
Carlos Danger says
By their fruits shall ye know them.Sounds like the termites in the pew are pretty confident that the bishops and cardinals mentioned were on board for the Iran deal, etc.
Barry says
Vive la Revolution! Vive L’Empereur! Vive Donald Trump!!
Michael Poulin says
From The Remnant:
” …Is this the nature of the inter-faith dialogue that Pope Francis constantly imposes on the Catholic faithful? Francis foists inter-religious dialogue because “Only through dialogue – he says – will we be able to eliminate intolerance and discrimination. Inter-religious dialogue is a necessary condition for world peace.” Tell that to the business owners of Ferguson whose buildings were burned to the ground by BLM anarchists. Based on these emails, the Vatican’s inter-faith dialogue appears to be a radical social justice rant with Soros operatives and union political organizers. Good to know.
As the email indicated, the PICO operative raved about “this amazing group.” What did this amazing group discuss while at the Holy See? Did they chat about the massive closures of black Catholic churches in the inner city? Did they discuss the strategic targeting of poor black women by Planned Parenthood for abortions? Did they discuss the tragic disintegration of black families and the soaring out of wedlock black births? Not likely.
George Soros, the global proponent of abortion on demand, dispatched his operatives to the Vatican with specific marching orders. The topic of the three day junket with the Vatican cardinals was dominated by the radical left agenda of George Soros and the Democratic Party:
…”