September 26, 2001
According to a new survey by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, there is evidence that teenagers who are religious are less likely to have sexual relations outside of marriage. In fact, the survey found that conservative Protestant and Catholic girls delay sexual activity longer than their... [Read more...]
PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY RELEASES BIASED REPORT ON SCHOOL VOUCHERSSeptember 25, 2001
People for the American Way has released a report on school vouchers that concludes that the Cleveland voucher program is a failure. Responding to the report is Catholic League president William Donohue: “The report by People for the American Way, ‘Empty Promises: A Closer Look at the Cleveland Voucher Program,’ is twice flawed: it distorts... [Read more...]
PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY RELEASES BIASED REPORT ON SCHOOL VOUCHERSSeptember 25, 2001
People for the American Way has released a report on school vouchers that concludes that the Cleveland voucher program is a failure. Responding to the report is Catholic League president William Donohue: “The report by People for the American Way, ‘Empty Promises: A Closer Look at the Cleveland Voucher Program,’ is twice flawed: it distorts... [Read more...]
“CONSCIENCE CLAUSE” NEEDED IN D.C. FUNDING BILLSeptember 25, 2001
Today, the House of Representatives is scheduled to consider H.R. 2944, the District of Columbia Appropriations Act. The bill contains a provision that prohibits the enactment of the Health Insurance Coverage for Contraceptives Act of 2000 unless a religious “conscience clause” is adopted; the clause would allow religious organizations an exemption... [Read more...]
BELIEFNET PROVES BELIEVABLESeptember 23, 2001
In the last issue of Catalyst, we ran a story citing our objections to certain questions posted in the Catholic section of Beliefnet. It was enough to have us complain to ABC about the newly announced partnership with Beliefnet, the Internet company that addresses religious issues from across all the major faith groups. The story ended saying that... [Read more...]
BILL ON CONFESSIONAL SEALSeptember 23, 2001
Congressman Peter King of Long Island is introducing HR 751, the “Religious Communications Sanctity Act.” It is needed to protect the confessional seal from being tampered with by prosecutors. William Donohue endorsed the legislation and sent the following statement to Rep. King for dissemination among his colleagues: “As president... [Read more...]
POPE PIUS XII STUDY GROUP: A WASTED OPPORTUNITYSeptember 23, 2001
by Ronald J. Rychlak The self-destruction of the Catholic-Jewish Pope Pius XII study group came as little surprise to those who had been following its progress closely. From the very beginning, several members of that group rejected their mandate and instead sought to force a change in Vatican archival policy. When the Vatican stood its ground and demanded... [Read more...]
WHY WE OBJECT TO “CORPUS CHRISTI”September 23, 2001
[The following is a short excerpt of the remarks made by Catholic League director of research Robert P. Lockwood at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne on August 14. His comments were made at an all day forum at the university.] Terrence McNally’s play “Corpus Christi” is masked as some kind of clarion call for toleration.... [Read more...]
BOOK SELLERS JOIN ATTACK ON PIUSSeptember 23, 2001
First the Book-of-the-Month Club uncritically promoted John Cornwell’s Hitler’s Pope as if the thesis were undisputed, and now they’re at it again doing the same for James Carroll’s Constantine’s Sword. The September catalog describes Carroll as “confronting the Catholic Church’s historical hatred of Jews from the gospels to the... [Read more...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE STATEMENTON “CORPUS CHRISTI”September 23, 2001
Rev. Philip Eichner Chairman, Board of Directors, Catholic League July 20, 2001 The Catholic League seeks to defend the rights of individual Catholics in what pertains to their faith, and to defend the Church against persecution, slander and defamation. The means that the league uses are all sorts of moral persuasion: dialogue, media protest, social... [Read more...]