Monthly Archives: April 2009

Our Endangered Catholic Schools

By |2011-09-01T18:45:34-04:00April 21st, 2009|Categories: Chatterbox...|

Please click here to read an article in the Washington Post on the impact of the closures of Catholic schools and their importance in serving disadvantaged students.

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“Corpus Christi” Hoax

By |2011-09-01T18:41:27-04:00April 21st, 2009|Categories: Chatterbox...|

Several people have contacted the league about the rumor that the anti-Catholic play "Corpus Christi" is being turned into a movie to be released this summer. Please be advised that this is a hoax.

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RON HOWARD LIES ABOUT “ANGELS & DEMONS”

By |2017-03-20T17:53:58-04:00April 21st, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Ron Howard, director of “Angels & Demons,” the movie version of Dan Brown’s book by that name, attacked Catholic League president Bill Donohue yesterday on the Huffington Post. Referring to a booklet on the movie that Donohue authored, “Angels & Demons: More Demonic than Angelic,” (click here) Howard wrote: “Mr. Donohue’s booklet accuses us of lying when our movie [...]

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Deacon Fournier on the Catholic League

By |2011-09-01T18:49:30-04:00April 20th, 2009|Categories: Chatterbox...|

Please click here to read an article by Advisory Board member Deacon Keith Fournier on the work of the league as exemplifed by our Annual Report on Anti-Catholicism.

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Twisted Sisters Commended

By |2011-09-01T18:43:29-04:00April 20th, 2009|Categories: Chatterbox...|

At a gala event celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of homosexuals who dress up as nuns, they were given a proclamation from the California state senate by State Sen. Mark Leno of San Francisco. The anti-Catholic group then participated in a block party where, of course, some of the [...]

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IS QUOTING SCRIPTURE A HATE CRIME?

By |2017-03-20T17:53:58-04:00April 20th, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

On April 22, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to mark-up a hate crimes bill sponsored by Rep. John Conyers. Serious questions have been raised by religious leaders about this legislation, especially as it pertains to religious pronouncements against homosexuality. Catholic League president Bill Donohue addressed this issue today: “The idea of being prosecuted for reading [...]

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Busy on All Fronts

By |2017-03-20T17:53:58-04:00April 19th, 2009|Categories: Church and State, White Papers and Essays|

William Donohue April 2009 Last December I wrote a president’s desk piece titled, “Culture War Ready to Explode.” I predicted that the election of Barack Obama would occasion a fierce battle between traditionalists and modernists, and that was because many of those in the latter category will “see in his victory a golden opportunity to wage [...]

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Psychology’s Religion Problem

By |2017-03-20T17:53:58-04:00April 19th, 2009|Categories: Book Reviews, White Papers and Essays|

Pauline Magee-Egan April 2009 Psychology’s War on Religion, edited by Nicholas Cummings, et al. (Phoenix, Arizona: Zeig, Tucker & Theisen, 2009) Order online at www.zeigtucker.com or call 1-800-666-2211 The editors of this important volume have assembled the writings of various experts to comment on several religions and the impact of psychology’s stand on religious beliefs. The [...]

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POPE BENEDICT XVI

By |2012-10-22T17:15:54-04:00April 19th, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: , |

Catholic League president William Donohue commented today on the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the new pope: “Orthodox Catholics have cause for great celebration—the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as our new Holy Father sends an unmistakable message: the College of Cardinals wants a man who will continue the theological legacy of Pope John Paul [...]

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“ANGELS & DEMONS”: MYTHS, LIES AND SMEARS

By |2017-03-20T17:53:58-04:00April 16th, 2009|Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |

The Catholic League has launched a major attack on the upcoming film, “Angels & Demons.” It is based on the book by that name by Dan Brown, the author who pennedThe Da Vinci Code. The movie opens May 15. Joining Brown in his latest anti-Catholic assault is director Ron Howard. Both producers are back, as well: [...]

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