The Comedy Central network aired an episode of the cartoon "South Park" dealing with "The Passion of the Christ" on March 31, titled "The Passion of the Jew." Both Jews and Christians were objects of the show's crude satire, though the former may find the material more objectionable than the latter. One character, Eric Cartman, a [...]
On April 8, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) unveiled its new website. Gone from the site is the links page which directed users to various allied organizations. Among them was an anti-Catholic group, Catholics for a Free Choice. For the past two years, the Catholic League has been pressing the DNC to drop its link to [...]
On Palm Sunday, Senator John Kerry attended services at Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston's Roxbury district. Inexplicably, he took communion at the Protestant church. Just as disconcerting was what Rev. Gregory G. Groover said from the pulpit. He introduced Kerry as "the next president of the United States." We pointed out to the [...]
Now that the presidential season is in full swing, we thought it wise for both the Republicans and the Democrats to consider our proposal: make churches "campaign-free zones." Here is the text of our remarks: "For many years now, Republican and Democratic candidates for public office have exploited houses of worship for political capital. Time and [...]
As reported in the April 6 edition of the New York Times, Senator John Kerry got defiant when told the day before that some are unhappy with the way his voting record departs from Church teachings. Kerry wanted to know who they are, challenging reporters to "name them." The Massachusetts senator also said, "My oath privately between [...]
The Catholic League does not possess a theological micrometer that judges, with digital precision, how "good" a Catholic is. Furthermore, it is not our business anyway. But it is also true that we will not pretend disinterest in subjects that touch on the issue of Catholics in public life. We noted with some interest that the New [...]
In the wake of attacks against those bishops who have spoken with clarity on the subject of Catholic pro-abortion politicians, the Catholic League came rushing to their defense. Here is what we told the media: "Senator John Kerry is getting endorsed by Protestant ministers in African Methodist Episcopal churches and almost no one complains. But when [...]
This spring we learned that officials at Hyattsville Middle School in Hyattsville, Maryland prohibited students from wearing rosaries. In a memo to parents, it said, "In our training about gangs, we have been informed that wearing rosaries as jewelry often is a gang symbol." What bothered us was not a legitimate concern about gangs hijacking religious [...]
In a recent edition of Education Week, there was an article by Caroline Hendrie, "Sexual Abuse by Educators is Scrutinized," that suggested that the degree of sexual abuse in the public schools is at a crisis level. Hofstra University professor Charol Shakeshaft was commissioned by the Bush administration to do a literature search of existing studies on [...]
Urban Outfitters, a Philadelphia company that sells T-shirts and an array of merchandise targeted at young people, has decided not to carry its magnetized figure of Jesus on the cross anymore; the figure of Jesus wearing underwear could be altered by putting various clothing items on it (e.g., a devil's outfit and a hula skirt). Here [...]
