The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to settle the voucher issue has made several foes of school choice quite edgy. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) "expressed disappointment" that the high court would even give the issue a hearing. Referring to the Cleveland voucher program, the ADL said with alarm, "The vast majority of students that receive government-funded vouchers [...]
In the September Catalyst we did a story on how two booksellers, the Book-of-the-Month Club and BookCloseouts, were uncritically promoting John Cornwell’s book Hitler’s Pope. In both instances, the description of the book read more like an endorsement than an objective review. We published the names and addresses of who to write to; many of you obviously did. The [...]
There has been no shortage of college professors willing to bash the U.S. for creating the "root causes" of the terrorist attacks on America. Andrea Peyser of the New York Post wrote a splendid column taking after the profs. Bill Donohue, who’s had his differences with Peyser, praised her for ripping the "Hate America First" gang and added a [...]
He’s at it again. Left-wing malcontent Christopher Hitchens has launched another attack on Mother Teresa. In the October edition of Vanity Fair, Hitchens explains that the Vatican invited him to make his case against the beatification of Mother Teresa. Given his mad obsession with her, it was not surprising that he took another opportunity to bash her. [...]
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 [...]
No sane person denies the horror of the Holocaust or excuses those responsible for it. Unfortunately, it needs to be said time and again that it was the Nazis, and no one but the Nazis, who bear sole responsibility for what happened. Somebody needs to tell this to Fritz Hirschberger. The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center [...]
The New York Times recently ran two positive reviews of David Kertzer’s book, The Popes Against the Jews; one review was by Richard Bernstein and the other was by Garry Wills. Kertzer maintains that a long line of popes prepared the way for the Holocaust. Both men seize on the same quote taken from Kertzer to prove how malicious [...]
"Liam" is the story of a Depression-era Liverpool family seen through the eyes of a 7-year-old boy. The movie opened in select theaters on September 21 and was previewed that day by Catholic League research analyst Louis Giovino. We knew there was a Catholic element in the movie that bared watching. We noted, for example, the dreary [...]
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, Hollywood decided to put "Megiddo: The Omega Code 2" on ice. But not for long. Two weeks later it opened. Though the critics generally panned it, only one reviewer picked up on what disturbed the Catholic League. "Megiddo" bears no relation to "The Omega Code." The plot is about [...]
On September 20, the San Francisco Examiner published an article by one of its contributors, Kimberly Blaker, that accused the Catholic Church of organizing and supporting "clones" of Islamic terrorism. In addition, the Catholic League was branded a "violent" organization. After criticizing Rev. Jerry Falwell for his remarks blaming the ACLU, gays and lesbians, et al. for secularizing [...]
