Bill Donohue on Obama’s record in the Illinois state senate
Bill Donohue on Obama’s record in the Illinois state senate On Thursday, May 15, Catholic League president Bill Donohue discussed Sen. Barack Obama’s history in the …
WOMEN, GAYS AND “BOSTON LEGAL”
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments today on last night’s episode of the ABC program, “Boston Legal”: “There is no one in Hollywood more fascinated—and angry—about the Catholic Church than ‘Boston Legal’ creator David E. Kelley. Last night he shared with us once again his wish list. The episode focused on the plight of yet another [...]
FAIR Fails Again
Fairness & Accuracy in Media (FAIR), a liberal media watchdog group, is now challenging our statement of May 2 calling into question the fairness of its story, “Pope Gets Pass on Church Abuse History.” In that report, FAIR accused then Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) of sending “a letter to church bishops invoking a 1962 [...]
David Carlin on Obama’s Catholic Advisors
David R. Carlin, former Democratic majority leader of the Rhode Island Senate and author of Can a Catholic Be a Democrat, discusses Sen. Obama's National Catholic Advisory Council in this piece from InsideCatholic.com.
HAGEE REGRETS OFFENDING CATHOLICS; CONTROVERSY ENDS
Pastor John Hagee sent a letter today [click here] to Catholic League president Bill Donohue that effectively ends the dispute the two men have had. Donohue comments as follows: “After weeks of meeting with various Catholic leaders, and accessing scholarly literature on Catholic-Jewish relations, Pastor John Hagee has demonstrated an improved understanding of the Catholic Church [...]
Archbishop Rebukes Obama Advisor
Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City has stated that Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius should not present herself for Holy Communion. The governor, a Catholic who sits on Sen. Barack Obama’s Catholic National Advisory Council, is a long-time supporter of abortion rights. As Archbishop Naumann recently wrote, Gov. Sebelius’ support for abortion can be seen in her recent [...]
Polish Catholic Saved Thousands of Jews
Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic who helped save thousands from the Nazis, died this morning at the age of 98. Between 1940 and 1943, Sendler and other members of an underground organization smuggled Jewish children—from infants through teens—out of the Warsaw Ghetto. Sendler worked to give these kids a chance at survival by passing them off [...]
OBAMA’S CATHOLIC ADVISORS RESPOND
On May 2, Catholic League president Bill Donohue issued a news release urging Sen. Barack Obama to dissolve his Catholic National Advisory Council. Donohue did so because not one of the 26 former and current public policy holders who constitute the group stand with the Catholic Church on all three major issues: abortion, embryonic stem cell [...]
Pope’s Trip a Success
Click here to read the Pew Forum's findings on the image Americans have of Pope Benedict XVI in the wake of his recent visit.
OBAMA MUST START THE PURGE
Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented today on the religious divide which is splitting Sen. Obama’s supporters: “The secularization of the Democratic party, which first became evident in the 1972 presidential race, was openly challenged by Barack Obama when he spoke at the 2004 Democratic presidential convention. To his credit, he has since galvanized people of [...]