Monthly Archives: January 2000

KANSAS CITY STAR UNHAPPY WITH SEX SURVEY RESULTS

By |2017-03-20T17:57:33-04:00January 28th, 2000|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: , |

This Sunday, January 30, the Kansas City Star will release its sex survey of Roman Catholic priests. Catholic League president William Donohue has read the Knight Ridder story on the subject (the Star is a Knight Ridder paper) and commented as follows: "The sex survey is essentially bad news for the tabloid. The two most important findings show that a) [...]

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POSTPONING VOTE ON HOUSE CHAPLAIN BUYS TIME

By |2012-10-18T18:28:55-04:00January 27th, 2000|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Today the full House was scheduled to vote on the selection of the new House Chaplain. But House Speaker Dennis Hastert has postponed the vote until next month. Catholic League president William Donohue voiced his concerns over this decision today: "Since Christmas we have known that the full House was scheduled to vote on the House [...]

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HOUSE CHAPLAIN POST DEMANDS SCRUTINY

By |2017-03-20T17:57:33-04:00January 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |

The quest for a new House chaplain began in June, 1999 when an 18-member committee of Republicans and Democrats sifted through almost 50 resumes. After interviewing 17 candidates, and selecting six as semifinalists, the top three names were submitted to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, House Majority Leader Dick Armey and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt; they [...]

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CANDIDATES ADDRESS RELIGION

By |2013-08-16T19:49:05-04:00January 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |

The presidential campaign is off and running and already the Catholic League has entered the fray. In December, the league defended candidates from both parties on the subject of religion and politics. Presidential candidates George W. Bush and Gary Bauer were defended by William Donohue when they both invoked the name of Christ in a nationally-televised [...]

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Quotable:

By |2013-08-16T19:49:18-04:00January 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |

After listening to William Donohue comment on the double standard that surrounds Catholicism and politics, Chris Matthews, on Hardball (MSNBC, Dec. 15) had this to say: "You know what you are, Bill? You are my gut talking."

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THE MANY FACES OF PREJUDICE

By |2017-03-20T17:57:33-04:00January 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, From The President's Desk|Tags: |

William A. Donohue Most of us can easily identify prejudicial statements when sweeping generalizations of a negative kind are made. But prejudice has many faces, and not all of them are readily apparent. Take the "Dateline" example that is mentioned in this issue of Catalyst. Does the Catholic Church have dirty laundry? Of course. What institution or [...]

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JOHN P. HALE: R.I.P.

By |2017-03-20T17:57:33-04:00January 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On December 11, 1999, American Catholics lost a good one when John P. Hale died in Larchmont, New York. He was a member of the Catholic League’s board of advisors and former special counsel to Catholic Charities of the New York Archdiocese. Jack was a distinguished attorney who worked tirelessly to defend the Catholic Church from [...]

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“DOGMA’S” CURIOUS FANS

By |2013-08-16T19:33:24-04:00January 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The movie "Dogma" didn’t do too well at the box office—after 12 weeks it pulled in a measly $27 million—but the critics, being for the most part critical of the Catholic Church, liked it. Indeed, some loved it so much they voted it one of the ten best movies of 1999. Among "Dogma’s" fans were priests. [...]

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“END OF DAYS” IS TORTUOUS

By |2017-03-20T17:57:33-04:00January 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

When the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie "End of Days" was released, the Catholic League wasted no time blasting it. Indeed even "Entertainment Weekly" branded the movie the "Loser of the Week." Here is how the Hollywood magazine put it: "The Devil. Not only does he pummeled in End of Days—which has been beaten at the box office [...]

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RASH OF ANTI-CATHOLIC ADS IN MAJOR NEWSPAPERS

By |2013-08-16T19:34:19-04:00January 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

From November 28 to December 22, ten major American newspapers carried anti-Catholic ads. All of the ads were sponsored by the Eternal Gospel Church of Seventh-Day Adventists (a splinter group from the Seventh-Day Adventists). The ads identified the Catholic Church as the "WHORE" and the "BEAST," and charged the Holy Father with breaking down the barriers [...]

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