The Catholic email scandal is no scandal.

Some of the Trumpeters are pretending that leaked documents show Hillary staffers were disparaging Catholics. They were not. In fact, Podesta and Palmieri (two of the people involved in the emails) are themselves Catholics, as are many other staffers of Hillary's.


https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/catholic-email-scandal-no-scandal

When Wikileaks announced it had damaging documents that would harm the candidacy of Hillary Clinton – “change the whole complexion of the race,” predicted longtime GOP operative and longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone – I was worried, but not overmuch. I hoped that most people knew Julian Assange, who runs Wikileaks, was an anarchist and would consider the source. Then, I remembered that Trump had managed to secure the nomination of a major party from “most people” in the GOP, and I grew worried. I should not have been.

The supposed “bigotry” towards the Catholic Church exposed in the emails of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, released by Wikileaks last week, is nothing of the sort, despite the best attempts of some to make it so. This whole controversy is simply an effort, a stupid effort, to stop Clinton’s ascent to the White House. I say stupid because crying “wolf” is never a smart political or cultural strategy and, besides, anyone who is genuinely concerned about bigotry could not possibly be supporting Trump. This is about Republican operatives who hold the portfolio for Catholic outreach doing their part to ingratiate themselves with Trump.

There were several comments in the emails that caused a stir. . . .




Note: The conservative Catholic League, which is often quoted by right-wingers, doesn't speak for other Catholics. It is just a group led by an ordinary Catholic church member who pretends to speak for the Church. But forming a group and adding the name "Catholic" to it doesn't make you a Catholic leader.