Monthly Archives: July 2000

“TONIGHT SHOW” MOCKS CATHOLICISM

By |2013-08-13T20:02:28-04:00July 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

After receiving literally scores of complaints—via phone calls and e-mail—a copy of the May 19 edition of the “Tonight Show” with Jay Leno was obtained.  What angered so many people about this show was a rendition of the Catholic-baiting song, “The Vatican Rag,” performed by actor Dennis Franz and five other actors.   Four of the [...]

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“OVERGROWN CATHOLIC SCHOOLGIRL”?

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

Linda Chavez is a brilliant commentator and a committed Catholic; she serves on the league’s board of advisors.  She recently quit the TV talk show, “To the Contrary,” after being personally insulted by host Bonnie Erbe.  In doing so, she followed the lead of Kate O’Beirne, also of our advisory board, who found the incivility of [...]

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VANDAL SUSPECT ARRESTED

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

Brooklyn has been plagued with a long-series of vandalizing acts carried out against Catholic churches.  Literally dozens of statues have been defaced or smashed, leaving Catholics who live in this New York borough wondering whether the police will ever be able to catch the guilty.  On May 16, they did. The suspect, Primus St. Croix, 33, [...]

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HATE MAIL

By |2017-03-20T17:57:21-04:00July 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

It never fails: whenever we put an op-ed page ad in the New York Times, we get hate mail. Here’s a sample of our latest, stemming from our ad in the June 5 edition of the Times. “You really hated and feared your Mother’s power, eh? that she was able to do what you can never [...]

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PROGRESS ON ANTI-CATHOLIC ADS

By |2013-08-13T20:17:54-04:00July 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The on-going struggle to protest the placement of anti-Catholic ads in major newspapers is working: we have successfully stopped dozens of these ads from reappearing.  The latest to respect our message is the Huntsville Times of Huntsville, Alabama.  The editor, Joe Distelheim, actually wrote an editorial on the subject explaining to readers why it was a mistake to [...]

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AL ROKER INSULTS NUNS; GETS GREASED BY FLO HENDERSON

By |2013-08-13T20:10:06-04:00July 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The “Today” show weatherman, Al Roker, made the rounds on talk TV shows in June promoting his new book.  Unfortunately, every chance he got he told an insulting joke about nuns.   That drew the ire of the Catholic League and a flurry of media interest.  Things got worse when “Later Today” show host Florence Henderson [...]

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A LOT TO LEARN

By |2013-08-13T20:10:43-04:00July 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On June 26, at a ceremony to commemorate the cracking of the genetic code, President Clinton said, “Today we are learning the language in which God created life.” At his side was Dr. James D. Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA. Now it is well-known that the president is largely responsible for keeping partial-birth abortions [...]

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GORE’S RESPONSE TO DONOHUE BOMBS BADLY

By |2017-03-20T17:57:21-04:00July 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On June 1, William Donohue wrote to vice president Al Gore asking him to support the Vatican’s request that the World Gay Pride march either be postponed or moved to another location (the event took place July 1-July 9 in Rome).  On July 3, Gore faxed a letter to Donohue explaining why he would do nothing; [...]

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FORMER MONK BASHES CHURCH ON TV

By |2017-03-20T17:57:21-04:00July 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

MSG Metro, a cable channel owned by Cablevision, aired a program in June that drew a quick response from the Catholic League.   As part of its “Unblinking Eye” series, the station featured “The Monk at the Duplex,” a play by Christopher Hennelly.  Hennelly, who spent five and a half years in a Franciscan monastery, is [...]

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“FATHER” RASI REDUX

By |2017-03-20T17:57:21-04:00July 26th, 2000|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

In the June Catalyst we urged members to contact the producer of “Larry King Live!” to complain about the selection of Father Richard Rasi on the May 2 show.  Father Rasi was critical of King for introducing him as a “gay defrocked priest” and then proceeded to misrepresent Catholic teaching on homosexuality.  We reported that there is no [...]

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