Some progressives tried to divide the Church, says head of organisation ‘created’ by Clinton aide

Christopher Hale said many people were involved in founding CACG, but its only current aim is 'to promote the social teaching of the Church'

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The director of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG) has said that some progressives have tried to divide the Church. But he insists his organisation has no such mission.

It comes after revelations that John Podesta, who runs Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, claimed to have “created” CACG in order to start a “revolution”.

Christopher Hale, who has led CACG since 2013, told the Catholic Herald: “I think there have been a lot of conversations within the progressive community on how to relate to the Catholic community and some of those conversations have veered off into trying to create divisions within the Church for political ends. But I think that conversation has died down significantly.

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