Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG) is a non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)(3) Roman Catholic organization in the United States, which aims to promote "the fullness of the Catholic social tradition

Catholic social teaching

Catholic social teaching is a body of doctrine developed by the Catholic Church on matters of poverty and wealth, economics, social organization and the role of the state...

 in the public square". The organization was founded in 2005 by Tom Perriello

Tom Perriello

Thomas Stuart Price "Tom" Perriello is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes much of Southside Virginia and stretches north to Charlottesville....

. Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good is concerned with addressing and reconciling pro-life and pro-choice views in the Catholic Church.

George Soros's

George Soros

George Soros is a Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, philosopher, and philanthropist. He is the chairman of Soros Fund Management. Soros supports progressive-liberal causes...

 Open Society Institute

Open Society Institute

The Open Society Institute , renamed in 2011 to Open Society Foundations, is a private operating and grantmaking foundation started by George Soros, aimed to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform...

 gave $150,000 to CACG in 2006.

Its Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

headquarters was closed in July 2010 and it no longer has paid staff.

External links

• Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good