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Leaked Document Shows Soros Spent $650K To Influence Pope Francis [trunc]
The Daily Caller ^ | 08/24/2016 | ALEX PFEIFFER

Posted on 08/24/2016 11:03:12 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

George Soros’s Open Society Foundations spent $650,000 in an effort to influence Pope Francis during his visit to the United States, a leaked document reveals.

The document is an agenda for a May 2015 New York meeting of the U.S programs division of the Open Society Foundations. It states that it had allocated $650,000 for a grant related to Pope Francis’ September 2015 visit to the United States. The group DC Leaks has released over 2,000 documents from groups associated with Soros.

“In order to seize this moment, we will support PICO’s organizing activities to engage the Pope on economic and racial justice issues, including using the influence of Cardinal Rodriguez, the Pope’s senior advisor, and sending a delegation to visit the Vatican in the spring or summer to allow him to hear directly from low-income Catholics in America,” the document states.

According to PICO’s website, “PICO is a national network of faith-based community organizations working to create innovative solutions to problems facing urban, suburban and rural communities.”

Cardinal Rodriguez, who hails from Honduras, has been described as Pope Francis’ best friend.

The document goes on to state, “The grant will also support FPL’s media, framing, and public opinion activities, including conducting a poll to demonstrate that Catholic voters are responsive to the Pope’s focus on income inequality, and earning media coverage that drives the message that being ‘pro-family’ requires addressing growing inequality.”

FPL stands for Faith in Public Life, the group describes itself as having “played an important role in changing the narrative about the role of faith in politics, winning major progressive policy victories, and empowering new religious leaders to fight for social justice and the common good.”

Their website states they carried out the functions of the Soros grant. “In preparation for the pope’s visit to the US, we commissioned extensive opinion research about how Catholics respond to the Pope’s prophetic messages and released the poll at the National Press Club,” FPL’s site states. “Throughout the trip, FPL coordinated messaging among numerous Catholic groups and did extensive media outreach.”

The Soros document goes on to state: “By harnessing the Papal visit to lift up the Pope’s searing critique of what he calls ‘an economy of exclusion and inequality’ and his dismissal of ‘trickle down’ theories, PICO and FPL will work to build a bridge to a larger conversation about bread-and-butter economic concerns and shift national paradigms and priorities in the run-up to the 2016 presidential campaign.”

Pope Francis, much like Soros, has been supportive of efforts to bring in refugees into Europe.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: pope; soros
Full title: Leaked Document Shows Soros Spent $650K To Influence Pope Francis On ‘Economic And Racial Justice Issues
1 posted on 08/24/2016 11:03:13 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo
we will support PICO’s organizing activities to engage the Pope on economic and racial justice issues

It probably didn't take much convincing to get this Pope on board with advocating economic and social justice issues.

2 posted on 08/24/2016 11:04:38 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Mr. Mojo

I’d be curious to know if Soros money played a role in Pope Benedict’s “retirement”.


3 posted on 08/24/2016 11:06:41 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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Funding riots and other forms of civil unrest...

Why isn't this guy in prison?


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4 posted on 08/24/2016 11:18:36 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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Makes one miss the days of simony. At least that was transparent.


5 posted on 08/24/2016 11:25:40 AM PDT by C19fan
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From the way the ‘False Prophet’ has been acting, I would say Soros has a winner there...


6 posted on 08/24/2016 11:26:27 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence 100%)
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If this Pope even allows himself to be in the same room with human filth like Soros, then he is just as worthless as Georgie himself.
7 posted on 08/24/2016 11:58:06 AM PDT by Major Matt Mason (Those that can, do, those that can't, work in the Beltway.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Money well spent, apparently, boosting this South American pope.


8 posted on 08/24/2016 11:59:37 AM PDT by txrefugee
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So, what is the difference between a Soros Pope and a Borgia Pope?


9 posted on 08/24/2016 12:04:42 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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Explains a LOT.


10 posted on 08/24/2016 12:08:24 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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Soros got his money’s worth...


11 posted on 08/24/2016 12:19:23 PM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: Mr. Mojo

Just an indulgence, I’m sure. Old school.


12 posted on 08/24/2016 12:58:27 PM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough)
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Remember W's ‘faith based’ charities? Well, what ol Soros contributed is pennies compared to what we taxpayers pay without even having a clue. Taxpayers fund Rome.
13 posted on 08/24/2016 1:08:23 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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Only 650k? Cheapskate! It’s gotta take at least a cool million to even be in the ballpark of buying a Pope.


14 posted on 08/24/2016 1:29:47 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

The pope is a hardcore Socialist


15 posted on 08/24/2016 4:30:31 PM PDT by stockpirate (BEST F'ING ELECTION EVER)
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To: OttawaFreeper

I’d be curious to know if Soros money played a role in Pope Benedict’s “retirement”.


Good question.

Regardless.....it’s still Pay for pray.


16 posted on 08/24/2016 4:33:21 PM PDT by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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