Monthly Archives: September 1996

OFF-BROADWAY PLAY, LATE NIGHT CATECHISM, MOCKS CATHOLICISM

By |2021-08-27T13:35:25-04:00September 27th, 1996|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

William Donohue, president of the Catholic League, attended the preview last night of the off-Broadway play, Late Night Catechism, and issued the following remarks today: "Late Night Catechism continues the artistic assault on Roman Catholicism by ridiculing virtually every aspect of Catholicism. Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the Saints, the sacraments, Catholic schools, Catholic customs--nothing is considered too [...]

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REV. SHARPTON WRONG TO DECLARE CANDIDACY FROM CHURCH

By |2021-08-27T12:05:02-04:00September 23rd, 1996|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Yesterday, Rev. Al Sharpton declared his candidacy for the Mayor of New York from Canaan Baptist Church in Harlem. William Donohue of the Catholic League commented on this unusual move today: "It was wrong for Rev. Al Sharpton to launch his candidacy for the Mayor of New York from a church. If the boundaries between church [...]

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PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS SMEARS BOYS TOWN

By |2021-08-27T11:34:35-04:00September 17th, 1996|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

In the fall edition of "Animal Times," People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sharply criticizes the Boys Town National Research Hospital for doing research on animals; the hospital received nearly $3 million in U.S. grants for experiments on cats. What the Catholic League is objecting to is the opening statement in the article entitled, [...]

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LEAGUE ENDORSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AMENDMENT

By |2017-03-20T17:58:53-04:00September 11th, 1996|Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |

On July 23, Catholic League president William Donohue testified before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the House Committee on the Judiciary on a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Religious Freedom Amendment, which was first sponsored by Rep. Ernest Istook and then revised twice, once by Rep. Henry Hyde and again by Rep. Dick [...]

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PENTAGON GAGS SPEECH OF CATHOLICS

By |2012-06-11T19:54:00-04:00September 11th, 1996|Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |

In an unusual move, the Pentagon sought to muzzle the free speech of Roman Catholics. The issue was whether Catholics in the Air Force, Army and Navy could participate in an appeal by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) to protest President Clinton’s veto of the bill banning partial-birth abortions. The NCCB asked Catholics to [...]

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GREELEY AND MARTIN: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS

By |2017-03-20T17:58:53-04:00September 11th, 1996|Categories: Catalyst, From The President's Desk|Tags: |

Andrew Greeley, the priest and sociologist turned novelist, and Malachi Martin, the ex-Jesuit and non-fiction writer turned novelist, have both written angry books that assail the Catholic Church. Greeley is angry that the Church hasn’t adopted as many reforms as he would like and Martin is angry that the Church has adopted too many reforms. Both [...]

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CATHOLIC LEAGUE TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS

By |2017-03-20T17:58:54-04:00September 11th, 1996|Categories: Catalyst, Essay|Tags: |

The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, the nation’s largest Catholic civil rights organization, enthusiastically endorses the Religious Freedom Amendment as proposed by Congressman Henry Hyde and modified by Congressman Dick Armey. The First Amendment was written, in part, to secure religious liberty by keeping religion free from governmental intrusion. James Madison, who authored the [...]

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HUNCHBACK DRAWS VARIED RESPONSE

By |2019-09-24T18:08:14-04:00September 11th, 1996|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Disney’s summer hopes were pinned on The Hunchback of Notre Dame, but more was at stake than box office receipts. Entertainment Weekly said that Disney is "still smarting from the controversy over Miramax’s Priest" and that is why it "dodged a potential outcry from conservatives by changing Frollo from the cleric he was in Hugo’s novel to a pious judge." [...]

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DONOHUE NAMED TO ADVISORY BOARD

By |2012-06-11T19:54:09-04:00September 11th, 1996|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Catholic League president William Donohue has been named to the Advisory Board of The Child Protection Fund. Chaired by retired Admiral James D. Watkins, The Child Protection Fund is a "nondenominational, bipartisan" organization "devoted exclusively to overturning President Clinton’s veto of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban." Cardinal O’Connor and Cardinal Law have said that they "enthusiastically support" [...]

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CHURCH BURNINGS SUGGEST MORE THAN RACIAL PREJUDICE

By |2017-03-20T17:58:54-04:00September 11th, 1996|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

In June, there was a flurry of stories regarding the rash of church burnings that have taken place, the most recent of which targeted black churches. The Catholic League deplored the burnings but also took note of the fact that most of the media attention focused on the racial aspect of the fires, downplaying the religious [...]

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