MEDIA COVER FOR MUSLIM MADMAN
Bill Donohue comments on media coverage of the man who plowed a truck into a crowd in Nice, France: Here is a sample of some of the most common statements and headlines issued by the [...]
RICHARD DAWKINS SPEAKS ABOUT EVIL
Bill Donohue comments on a recent BBC interview with British atheist Richard Dawkins: The headline in a story run yesterday by World Religion News reads, "Richard Dawkins Still Says Religion is a 'Force of Evil.''' [...]
RELIGIOUS RIGHTS NEED MORE PROTECTIONS
Bill Donohue comments on yesterday's congressional hearings on the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA): Religious rights, encoded in the First Amendment, are under attack on many fronts, most conspicuously in the collision between those rights [...]
CONSCIENCE PROTECTION ACT NEEDED
Bill Donohue comments on the Conscience Protection Act: On July 13, the House is scheduled to vote on the Conscience Protection Act of 2016. It would amend the Public Health Service Act to "codify the [...]
PHILLY MAYOR IS UN-AMERICAN
Bill Donohue comments on the Philadelphia mayor's attack on Archbishop Charles Chaput: James Kenney was elected mayor of Philadelphia. He seems to think that gives him the authority, or qualifications, to run the Catholic Church [...]
WASHINGTON POST LIES ABOUT POPE
Bill Donohue comments on a July 3rd Washington Post editorial: Here is the Washington Post's interpretation of what Pope Francis allegedly said aboard the papal plane last week: "In this case, the pontiff has acknowledged [...]
ABUSE LOBBY UPENDED; AGENDA EXPOSED
The sexual abuse lobby, comprised of professional victims' advocates, descended on Albany, the New York capital, on May 3-4. But we beat them to the punch on May 2 with a full-page ad in the [...]
TENNESSEE TRIUMPH
Tennessee lawmakers recently voted to defund the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Tennessee. Last December, we asked them to commence an investigation of this office. On December 4, Bill Donohue wrote [...]
LOOKING BACK
July 1 marks my 23rd anniversary as president of the Catholic League. As such, now is a good time to reflect on our record. One of the raps on the Catholic League has been that [...]
BIAS AND BIGOTRY AT THE BBC PART II
In her report on the BBC's response to Jimmy Savile, Dame Janet Smith contended that no one at the top of the BBC ever heard about Savile's decades-long history of rape, though much of it [...]
SEXUAL ABUSE LOBBY IS AGENDA-RIDDEN
To see the ad that appeared in the Albany Times-Union on May 2, click here.
HIGH COURT ORDERS HHS MANDATE COMPROMISE
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to order the lower courts to reconsider the constitutionality of the Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate. Given the 4-4 split in the high court, this ruling is not [...]
“Jesus’ Wife” Hoax Verified
By Bill Donohue This article was originally published by CNSNews.com June 27, 2016. In 2012, Harvard professor Karen L. King told the world that we need to rethink Jesus' alleged celibacy. In all likelihood, she [...]
Gay Activists Blame Christians for Orlando Attack: Their Issue Is Sex, Not Violence
By Bill Donohue This article was originally published by CNSNews.com June 17, 2016. The man responsible for the Orlando killings, we’re told, was a devout Muslim who attended a mosque several times a week, brought [...]
No Moral Obligation to Ensure Income Equality, Only Equitable Conditions
By Bill Donohue This article was originally published by CNSNews.com on June 9, 2016. Income inequality is a natural outcome of many factors, and can never be eliminated; it is a universal fact of life. [...]
Trump Is a Man of the People
Bill Donohue This article was originally published by Newsmax on June 2, 2016. The rise of Donald Trump has totally confounded the chattering class. This is as true for conservatives as it is for liberals. [...]
Transgender Policies Based on Feelings, Not Biology
Bill Donohue This article was originally published by Newsmax on May 25, 2016. Looks like old Descartes got it wrong. "Cogito ergo sum," or, "I think therefore I am," has been superseded by "Sentio ergo [...]
Trump Taps Into Mass Mistrust
No one who has ever run for president has generated more opposition, from both his own party and the media, than Donald Trump. Yet they have all failed to stop him. The Republican elite lined [...]
Special Reports
BBC, CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND SEXUAL ABUSE
Bill Donohue has written an in-depth analysis of sexual abuse at the BBC, and the BBC’s coverage of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. He explains the similarities and dissimilarities, focusing on why the scandals [...]
When the Pope Tried to Kill Hitler
Church of Spies: The Pope’s Secret War Against Hitler by Mark Riebling Basic Books, New York, 2015 375 pages, $29.99. Ronald J. Rychlak Pope Pius XII and the Nazis: far too many writers have wandered [...]
SHINING THE LIGHT ON “SPOTLIGHT”
Bill Donohue The movie "Spotlight" is bound to spark more conversation about the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. Unfortunately, much of what the American public knows about this issue is derived from the [...]
MEDIA GUIDE TO PHONY CATHOLIC GROUPS
To read how these 15 dissident organizations are falsely marketing themselves as truly Catholic entities, click here.
The Noble Legacy of Fr. Serra
To read Bill Donohue's booklet, "The Noble Legacy of Fr. Serra," click here.
CATHOLIC LEAGUE SURVEY OF CATHOLICS
Bill Donohue Editor's note: Survey research is an area of study pioneered by sociologists. This explains why Bill Donohue made recommendations and crafted some of the questions. He has a Ph.D. in sociology from New [...]
Bill Maher’s History of Anti-Catholicism, 1998-2015
Bill Maher's History of Anti-Catholicism, 1998-2015 CATHOLIC LEAGUE For Religious and Civil Rights June 5, 2015, "Real Time with Bill Maher," [HBO] Maher dismisses concerns about anti-Christian discrimination: Maher says Christians have no basis to complain [...]
DISSIDENTS TARGET BISHOP DEWANE
Dissident lay Catholics in Southwest Florida, along with some priests, have declared war on Bishop Frank Dewane. He is the Bishop of Venice and is by all accounts a loyal son of the Church. Which [...]
THE QUEST TO SCALP A BISHOP
This is a special report which was originally published in the September 2014 issue of Catalyst. The Catholic Church has many enemies these days, some of whom are ex-Catholics who left the Church a long [...]
FR. MACRAE’S 20 YEARS IN PRISON
Next week marks the 20th anniversary of Father Gordon MacRae's unjust prison sentence. What happened to him is unbelievable. My account of his ordeal was posted today on his website, www.thesestonewalls.com. To read it, click [...]
Annual Reports
PREFACE
Everyone at the Catholic League plays an important role in the service we provide, although the jobs vary considerably. But the person most responsible for assembling the data and writing the entries is John Mulvey, [...]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
It is a sign of great progress that the Catholic League spends relatively little time defending Catholics from defamation or discrimination. It is not a good sign that we are busier than ever combating anti-Catholicism [...]
ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS
January 14 Searcy, AR – Police Chief Jeremy Clark refused to remove a small white cross that sits outside his private entrance to the police station, despite being pressured to do so by the Freedom [...]
THE ARTS
May 15 New York, NY – Sotheby's auctioned the Andres Serrano masterpiece "Piss Christ." The taxpayers were forced to fund this "art" in 1987 to the tune of $15,000; it was supported by the National [...]
BUSINESS/WORKPLACE
April 20 Seattle, WA – A local restaurant, Lunch Laboratory, created an advertising campaign that showed Jesus smoking marijuana and eating a cheeseburger. The advertisement read, "Buy One Burger of the Gods & Get the [...]
EDUCATION
March 10 Oviedo, FL – A 5-year-old kindergarten student was told that she was not allowed to pray during lunch at Carillon Elementary School. According to the girl's account, a lunch teacher approached her as [...]
GOVERNMENT
January 16 – September 26 The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child released a report on how the Vatican has responded to the sexual abuse of minors by priests. The 15-page report [...]
MEDIA
February The Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song was revoked from the film "Alone Yet Not Alone." The film and the song of the same title had a strong evangelical Christian theme, and the [...]
WAR ON THE BISHOPS
The following is an excerpt of a Special Report by Bill Donohue, originally published in the September edition of Catalyst. The Catholic Church has many enemies these days, some of whom are ex-Catholics who left [...]
WAR ON CHRISTMAS
The annual "War on Christmas" continued in 2014 with both sides having achieved roughly the same number of wins and losses. This is certainly an improvement over the days when the anti-Christmas side appeared to [...]
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MEDIA COVER FOR MUSLIM MADMAN
Bill Donohue comments on media coverage of the man who plowed a truck into a crowd in Nice, France: Here is a sample of some of the most common statements [...]
RICHARD DAWKINS SPEAKS ABOUT EVIL
Bill Donohue comments on a recent BBC interview with British atheist Richard Dawkins: The headline in a story run yesterday by World Religion News reads, "Richard Dawkins Still Says Religion [...]
RELIGIOUS RIGHTS NEED MORE PROTECTIONS
Bill Donohue comments on yesterday's congressional hearings on the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA): Religious rights, encoded in the First Amendment, are under attack on many fronts, most conspicuously in [...]
CONSCIENCE PROTECTION ACT NEEDED
Bill Donohue comments on the Conscience Protection Act: On July 13, the House is scheduled to vote on the Conscience Protection Act of 2016. It would amend the Public Health [...]
