In a new novel by Mary Gordon, the Catholic League is introduced as a censorial agent. In Spending, Gordon refers to the "Catholic Defense League" as an activist organization that protests the artistic work of Monica Szabo. Spending is a sex novel about a jaded artist who wants to put a new spin on pictures of "dead Christs." [...]
Time and time again, critics charge that the Catholic League has no right to speak for all Catholics. Never mind that we never said we did, or that we have repeatedly said otherwise, the mudslingers continue to dig for dirt. But it makes us wonder why no one seems to ask the We Are Church/Call to [...]
In last month’s Catalyst, we ran a story on how Time magazine gave the impression to readers that the Church had apologized for "collaborating" with the Nazis during World War II. It has now admitted that this was an error, though it refuses to run William Donohue’s letter and refuses to publish a retraction. Here is what Time said on January [...]
The new Neil Jordan movie, "The Butcher Boy," scheduled to open in select theaters on April 3, features Irish lout Sinead O’Connor. The singer-actress-bigot plays the role of the Virgin Mary, making a spectacle of herself for uttering vulgarities. She recently told reporters, "I tend to think that if Mary was around now she might say [...]
The CBS show, "Four Corners," was cut after just two shows. The drama featured a Catholic priest who was pursued by an attractive young woman. In its debut, "Four Corners" ranked 65th in program households for the week of Feb. 23-March 1, posting a modest 6.9/11 ratings/share split; the second show lost 45% of its audience from [...]
It happens all the time. Someone who commits a crime and attends a Catholic school has his religion gratuitously cited. Only this time, the reference was more than unnecessary, it was inaccurate. Audrey Iacona is a 17 year-old Ohio girl convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of her newborn baby boy. While she formerly attended [...]
They said it couldn’t be done. No one believed it was possible. But they did it. They broke their own record: on March 7, "Nothing Sacred" posted ratings so bad—only 6% of the available audience watched it—that one TV insider said this represents "reverse appointment viewing," meaning, he said, that 94% made plans not to watch the show. [...]
by William A. Donohue (Catalyst 4/1998) At the conclusion of John M. Swomley’s article in the January/February edition of The Humanist, the credits read that he is "emeritus professor of social ethics at St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri, and president of Americans for Religious Liberty." It would be more accurate to say that [...]
On Thursday, April 16, at 6:00 p.m. in the Terrace Room at The Plaza Hotel, the Catholic League will hold a press conference responding to the ABC program, "That’s Life," that aired on April 7. This show, which the Catholic League has branded as the most bigoted anti-Catholic show ever to appear on network television, attacked [...]
The phones at the Catholic League have been ringing off the hook in response to the outrageously anti-Catholic show that aired last night on ABC, "That’s Life." After watching a tape of the show today, league president William Donohue released this statement: "No show that I have ever seen was as viciously anti-Catholic as last night’s [...]
