Monthly Archives: March 2000

HATE MAIL

By |2017-03-20T17:57:29-04:00March 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On January 26, we received a startling amount of text on the "Feedback" section of our website. It took 15 minutes just to open the page due to the volume. What it said was "HAIL HITLER HAIL PIUS." The author of this brilliant expression actually took the time to write this approximately 208 times per page [...]

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BROOKLYN CHURCHES VANDALIZED

By |2013-08-15T17:16:03-04:00March 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Over the past few months, six Brooklyn Roman Catholic Churches have been vandalized. Statues have been decapitated, broken and defaced, and in some instances hate mail has accompanied the desecrations. In response, we contacted the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice, asking the authorities to make these investigations a priority; [...]

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ANTI-CATHOLICISM IN AMERICAN CULTURE

By |2017-03-20T17:57:29-04:00March 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

A new book that Catholic League members will not want to miss is now available from Our Sunday Visitor. Anti-Catholicism in American Culture is a series of essays which includes the Center for Media and Public Affairs’ newest report on media coverage of the Catholic Church. The book is edited by Robert Lockwood, former president of the publishing [...]

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HILLARY CLINTON—OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT

By |2013-08-15T17:17:24-04:00March 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate on February 6, and she did so by sending the wrong message to Catholics. "I’ll be on your side in the fight against school vouchers, which drain taxpayer dollars from our public schools," she told the crowd at SUNY Purchase, the Westchester campus of the State [...]

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HOUSE CHAPLAIN PROCESS ENDS

By |2012-10-18T18:25:14-04:00March 23rd, 2000|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Rev. Charles Wright has withdrawn his name from consideration as the next House Chaplain and House Speaker Dennis Hastert has appointed Father Daniel P. Coughlin as House Chaplain. Father Coughlin is Vicar for Priests of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Catholic League President William Donohue released the following statement today: "The Catholic League is pleased to note [...]

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Galileo and the Catholic Church

By |2017-03-20T17:57:29-04:00March 22nd, 2000|Categories: The Crusades and the Inquisition, White Papers and Essays|

by Robert P. Lockwood (3/2000) In October, 1992 Cardinal Paul Poupard presented to Pope John Paul II the results of the papal-requested Pontifical Academy study of the famous 1633 trial of Galileo.1 He reported the study’s conclusion that at the time of the trial, "theologians…. failed to grasp the profound non-literal meaning of the Scriptures when [...]

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The Jubilee Year “Request for Pardon”

By |2017-03-20T17:57:29-04:00March 22nd, 2000|Categories: Miscellaneous, White Papers and Essays|

by Robert P. Lockwood, Catholic League Director of Research (3/2000) On Sunday, March 12, 2000 Pope John Paul II made a unique and historic "request for pardon" for the sins and errors of Christians both throughout the centuries and in the present. The Holy Father saw this as the culmination of the Church’s "examination of conscience" [...]

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BRYANT GUMBEL’S PROBLEM WITH CATHOLICISM

By |2012-10-18T18:25:15-04:00March 21st, 2000|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Yesterday’s edition of the CBS program, "The Early Show," featured another attack on Catholicism; it’s the third outburst in less than two months. Joining Bryant Gumbel in this attack was his co-host Jane Clayson, anchor Julie Chen and meteorologist Mark McEwen. Here is a sample of the extended discussion: McEwen: Do you go to church? Gumbel: [...]

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“60 MINUTES” JOINS EFFORT TO DISCREDIT PIUS XII

By |2017-03-20T17:57:29-04:00March 20th, 2000|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Last night the CBS show, "60 Minutes," did a segment on the Vatican’s response to the Holocaust. Catholic League president William Donohue replied today with the following comments: "To trot out John Cornwell to make the case that Pius XII was ‘Hitler’s Pope’ is consistent with the way ‘60 Minutes’ views Catholicism. Cornwell was introduced as [...]

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BOB JONES JUST CAN’T GIVE IT UP

By |2012-10-18T18:25:16-04:00March 16th, 2000|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Yesterday, the Catholic League issued a news release saying that the decision by Bob Jones University to drop its labeling of Catholicism and Mormonism as a cult didn’t go far enough: we called attention to the anti-Catholic remarks still posted on the school’s website. But now president Bob Jones III has issued a statement clarifying what [...]

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