Catholic League president William Donohue released the following comments on the Christmas wars today: “Robert Tiernan, a spokesman for the Freedom from Religion Foundation, is demanding that atheists be represented in next year’s Parade of Lights in Denver. He wants a ‘winter solstice’ float instead of a Christian one. He deserves better. “Atheists deserve to have [...]
Pius XII and the Holocaust: A Reader
Pope John Paul II: "It is as it was." —National Catholic Reporter Online, December 17, 2003 Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Prefect of the Congregation for Clergy: "As I watched this yet unfinished version of the film, I experienced moments of profound spiritual intimacy with Jesus Christ. It is a film that leads the viewer into prayer and [...]
The following examples show how Christians are defending Christmas: Last year, a Glenview, Illinois firehouse was told it could not display Christmas decorations. This year they won approval. Last year, an 8-year-old boy from Plano, Texas was forbidden from giving his friends candy canes in school. This year he could. Last year, a crèche in Cranston, [...]
Catholic League president William Donohue remarked today on the league’s crèche in Central Park: “Starting today, and lasting for almost two weeks, there will be a nativity scene in Central Park. The crèche is erected by the Catholic League every December, and it is done with the permission of the New York City Parks Department. Unfortunately, [...]
“Can you believe those Catholics telling people how to vote?” That’s exactly what a woman said to her friends as she exited the elevator at the end of the workday. It was Election Day. This anecdote wouldn’t amount to much if it were just that—an anecdote. But as pages 4-7 of this issue demonstrate, it reflected [...]
The attempt by radical secularists to censor Christmas started early this year. They not only want to bar nativity scenes on public property, they want to shut down Christmas celebrations in the workplace. On November 10, in a legal newspaper out of San Francisco, The Recorder, two lawyers advised those who work in human resources to protect [...]
The year 2004 was a bad one for our cultural elites. They began the year by calling Christians who liked Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” anti-Semites, and they finished the year by calling Christians who favor the traditional understanding of marriage gay bashers. But they lost both battles: Mel’s movie was a monumental success, [...]
By Carl E. Olson Two years ago I was engaged in an e-mail exchange with a Fundamentalist pastor, who wrote: But as an effort to still save your soul, if indeed my concerns for you are true, may I urge you to reexamine the Mariolatry of the Church you have bought into. I will not badger [...]
Catholic League president William Donohue says that an anti-Christian hysteria has gripped the nation’s cultural elites. Consider the following recently published comments: * Robert Wright, visiting professor at Princeton, says Bush’s “divine-feeling feelings” are part of today’s “problem, not the solution.” * A New York Times editorial says if Bush wins again, he will appoint judges that will [...]
