by William A. Donohue (Catalyst 3/1999) In a new book, NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw argues that those Americans who came of age during the Depression and the Second World War constitute our "greatest generation." Though I was not of that generation (I am one of those "baby boomers"), I would agree: there was something very special [...]
The Catholic League has asked Mayor Willie Brown of San Francisco to intervene in a matter that is of great interest to the Catholic League. It involves a decision by the San Francisco Supervisors to allow an anti-Catholic group, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the right to hold a public celebration on Easter Sunday; a public [...]
On Tuesday, March 16, the day before St. Patrick’s Day, Planned Parenthood of Connecticut distributed green condoms at the state Capitol in Hartford. The condoms read, "Kiss Me I’m Irish," "Put on the Green," and "Four Leaf Cover." State Senator Louis DeLuca has called for an investigation into how the state chapter of Planned Parenthood spends [...]
Yesterday, police investigated a bomb threat at St. Patrick’s Cathedral staged by homosexual militants. It is believed that the threat was a response to court decisions upholding the right of parade organizers to exclude gay groups from marching in the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. In the Bronx yesterday, a gay group called the Lavender and [...]
The following letter was faxed today by Catholic League president William Donohue to Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig: "On February 17, the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights issued a news release criticizing Ted Turner for his anti-Catholic remarks. The next day Mr. Turner sent to us an apology, which we accepted. "This issue, however, has [...]
