Monthly Archives: September 2007

Update On “The View”

By |2013-05-23T18:14:55-04:00September 29th, 2007|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Looks like our New York Times op-ed page ad of June 12 worked. That was the ad which questioned, "What's Happened to Barbara Walters?" The ad was written to pressure Walters, co-owner of "The View," to get her panelists in line: we recounted 15 occasions where anti-Catholic remarks were voiced on the program over the previous nine months. [...]

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House Effort To Snub Cardinal Fails

By |2013-05-23T18:15:57-04:00September 29th, 2007|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

A congressional committee tried to snub a prominent U.S. cardinal.  The Catholic League acted, and the committee backed down.   That we achieved a victory shouldn't surprise anyone—we've achieved lots of them.  But the fact that it happened in a matter of mere hours was truly noteworthy.  Here's what happened: On July 19, the New York Post reported that [...]

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New Pittsburgh Bishop Assailed

By |2017-03-20T17:54:43-04:00September 29th, 2007|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On July 18, Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop David Zubik the new Bishop of Pittsburgh. A native Pittsburgher, he was greeted with enthusiasm by most area residents. A noticeable exception was the way John McIntire of WTZN-FM reacted. McIntire sported his anti-Catholic colors by making several coarse statements about Bishop Zubik’s reception with local children. "That's [...]

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Film Set In Inquisition Goes Too Far

By |2013-05-23T18:18:56-04:00September 29th, 2007|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

"Goya's Ghosts," an English-language film released in Europe in 2006, opened in the United States on July 20.  Set in Spain in 1792, the story recounts the fate of Inés, a young woman (a friend of the painter Francisco Goya), who is arrested by the Holy Office of the Inquisition after being accused of secretly practicing [...]

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Grand Rapids Mayor Crosses The Line

By |2017-03-20T17:54:43-04:00September 29th, 2007|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

George Heartwell, mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan, sent a campaign postcard to Catholic voters in late July that showed a picture of a local Catholic church on the front and the names of seven local Catholic leaders on the back. The mayor is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and an abortion-rights advocate. [...]

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Disney Bans Smoking; Will It Now Ban Catholic Bashing?

By |2013-05-23T18:24:07-04:00September 29th, 2007|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Disney president Robert Iger wrote a letter on July 25 to Rep. Edward Markey, chairman of the House Telecommunications & Internet Subcommittee, regarding smoking in Disney’s films. Here is an excerpt: "We discourage depictions of cigarette smoking in Disney, Touchstone and Miramax films. In particular, we expect depictions of cigarette smoking in future Disney branded films [...]

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FX’s “Rescue Me” Rips Catholicism

By |2017-03-20T17:54:43-04:00September 29th, 2007|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

In the July 25 episode of the FX drama "Rescue Me," Denis Leary's character had an exchange with a new firefighter about the Bible. He said the Bible is to Catholics what "The Godfather" is to the Mafia. Continuing, Leary blasted the Catholic Church for being corrupt, maintaining that his time in the Church was effectively [...]

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Defending Pope Pius XII

By |2013-05-23T18:22:58-04:00September 29th, 2007|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The defense of Pope Pius XII is an on-going commitment for us, and to further that end we would like our members to know of the great work conducted by Howard Walsh of Keep the Faith. A Catholic League member, whose daughter Mary once worked at the league, Howard has been fighting the disgraceful reception that [...]

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Pelosi’s Response is Beyond Belief

By |2017-03-20T17:54:44-04:00September 28th, 2007|Categories: Chatterbox...|

According to this article from Cybercast News Service (CNS News), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked about the poster for the Folsom Street Fair (it depicts the Last Supper with men in S&M outfits replacing Christ and the apostles and sex toys replacing the Eucharistic) she responded as follows. Her response, and the full question asked by the [...]

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White House Press Secretary Drops the Ball

By |2017-03-20T17:54:44-04:00September 28th, 2007|Categories: Chatterbox...|

White House Press Secretary Dana Perino dropped the ball today when asked by Baltimore reporter Les Kinsolving to comment on the Miller boycott. Kinsolving:  “The President does not believe that the First Amendment prohibits him from speaking out against the Miller Brewing Company’s widely reported financing of an obscene parody of ‘Jesus Christ’s Last Supper’ in [...]

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