Monthly Archives: May 1996

PROTEST OF BIAS YIELDS FAVORABLE RESULT

By |2017-03-20T17:59:09-04:00May 12th, 1996|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On March 12, the Long Island newspaper, Newsday, ran a headline that caught the attention of the Catholic League. It said, "Ex-Altar Boy on Trial." But upon reading the piece, it was clear that the past association of the 26 year-old killer had no relevance to the story whatsoever. William Donohue called the paper's editor, Anthony Marro, [...]

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BERNIE WARD SHOW DEFAMES CATHOLICISM

By |2012-06-12T17:09:12-04:00May 12th, 1996|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On March 24, the Bernie Ward Show, which originates in KGO San Francisco, defamed Catholicism by belittling the terrorism of the gay group ACT-UP. Ward was upset with the recent invasion of a mosque, but justified the 1989 invasion of St. Patrick's Cathedral by saying "homosexuals had a good case to make." He explained his answer [...]

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SAN DIEGO ATHEISTS HIJACK EASTER SERVICE

By |2017-03-20T17:59:09-04:00May 12th, 1996|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

San Diego's Atheist Coalition received a permit from city officials to hold a "sunrise service" on Easter Sunday on Mount Soledad. For the past 73 years, area Christians have held a respectful service at the base of the cross-bearing mountaintop. But this year, the Atheist Coalition filed for a permit before Christians did and succeeded in [...]

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LEAGUE FORCES END TO OFFENSIVE AD

By |2012-06-12T17:09:13-04:00May 12th, 1996|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On March 3, in an ad in the New York Times, the New York Health & Racquet Club offended Christians, drawing a letter of protest from the Catholic League. The ad, placed during Lent, said "Rise from the Dead" and offered the following statement alongside the headline: "A New York City day can leave you for dead. [...]

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ANOTHER ACTRESS PANS CATHOLICISM

By |2012-06-12T17:09:14-04:00May 12th, 1996|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The young actress, Alyssa Milano, is the latest Hollywood star to take a slam at Catholicism. She has five tattoos. She wears a sacred heart on her butt, a fairy kneeling in grass on her hip, an angel on her left ankle, a garland of flowers on her right ankle and rosary beads on her back. [...]

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A REVIEW ESSAY OF PHILIP JENKINS’ PEDOPHILES AND PRIESTS

By |2017-03-20T17:59:09-04:00May 12th, 1996|Categories: Book Review, Catalyst|Tags: |

William A. Donohue The issue of pedophile priests has been the source of much discussion both in and out of the Catholic community. Like all incendiary issues, it has been the subject of heated analysis, much of it irrationally based. The good news is that there is finally a book that examines the issue in a [...]

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OREGON PRIEST BUGGED IN CONFESSIONAL

By |2014-06-06T19:28:37-04:00May 9th, 1996|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

On April 22, 1996, Father Tim Mockaitis of Eugene, Oregon administered the Sacrament of Reconciliation to Conan Wayne Hale in the Lane County Jail.  On May 3, Fr. Mockaitis was informed by a reporter of the Eugene Register Guard that the Sacrament of Reconciliation was recorded by the Sheriff’s office.  A court order allowed investigators to [...]

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