Monthly Archives: October 2009

PENN & TELLER HATE SPEECH

By |2017-03-20T17:53:46-04:00October 16th, 2009|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The following comments were made subsequent to the publication of our ad inVariety (the ad can be seen by clicking here). They were found on PZ Myers’ blog Pharyngula and in fax and e-mail messages to the Catholic League. All the comments appear in their original form: “Welp, it finally happened. Bill got hit by that big a** truck called [...]

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HOLLYWOOD’S PORTRAYAL OF RELIGION

By |2017-03-20T17:53:46-04:00October 16th, 2009|Categories: Book Review, Catalyst|Tags: |

Peter E. Dans Christians in the Movies: A Century of Saints and Sinners by Peter E. Dans (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers) This book documents the changing portrayal of Christians in film from 1905 through 2008.  Films respectful of Christianity such as “Lilies of the Field,” “The Greatest Story Ever Told,” “The Sound of Music,” and “A Man for All [...]

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MARYLAND FEMINISTS TARGET CATHOLIC HOSPITAL

By |2017-03-20T17:53:46-04:00October 15th, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Two Maryland hospitals, Holy Cross and AdventistHealthCare, have submitted bids to run a new facility in northern Montgomery County; the former is Catholic and the latter is owned by the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Holy Cross is being opposed by feminists because it is anti-abortion.  Catholic League president Bill Donohue jumped on this issue today: Feminists [...]

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THE POLITICS OF CHILD RAPE

By |2012-10-22T21:13:55-04:00October 14th, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: , |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a front-page news story in today’s New York Times on the problem of child sexual abuse: Reporter Paul Vitello shows the shocking extent of child sexual abuse in Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community. He also details the cover-ups that have long been aided and abetted by law enforcement. Where have [...]

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SARAH SILVERMAN’S OBSCENE RIP AT VATICAN

By |2012-10-11T19:46:03-04:00October 13th, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Comedian Sarah Silverman appeared on Bill Maher’s HBO show on October 9 attacking the Vatican. She began her monologue bemoaning the plight of world hunger, and then found a solution: “What is the Vatican worth, like 500 billion dollars? This is great, sell the Vatican, take a big chunk of the money, build a gorgeous condominium [...]

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ABORTION HAUNTS PEACE PRIZE WINNER

By |2012-10-11T19:46:03-04:00October 9th, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments today on why the abortion issue continues to haunt President Obama: A few weeks ago, President Obama said that no federal dollars will be spent on abortion in the health care bill he intends to sign. This immediately won the plaudits of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). [...]

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ANTI-RELIGIOUS BIAS MARKS TWO OBAMA PICKS

By |2017-03-20T17:53:46-04:00October 8th, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue drew attention to two of President Obama’s nominees who harbor an anti-religious bias: It is one thing for a professor or pundit to maintain extremist views on constitutional law, quite another to have such a person tenured in a federal legal office. Dawn Johnsen, nominated to head the Office of Legal [...]

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CROSS BELONGS ON PUBLIC LAND

By |2012-10-11T19:46:04-04:00October 7th, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today on the constitutionality of a seven-foot cross placed on public land in the Mojave National Preserve in San Bernardino County, California. Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the case: In 1892, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that “this is a Christian nation.” Ever since, radical secularists have [...]

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LETTERMAN PALES NEXT TO PENN & TELLER

By |2017-03-20T17:53:46-04:00October 6th, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue says CBS should focus on what Penn & Teller have done more than what David Letterman did: Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post questions whether CBS is up to covering, as well as investigating, the mess David Letterman has gotten himself into. We second that concern, but would prefer that CBS [...]

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HUMANISTS RIP VATICAN ON SEX ABUSE

By |2017-03-20T17:53:46-04:00October 5th, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

There were several news reports last week on the Vatican’s reply to critics from the International Humanist and Ethical Union; the London-based organization condemned the Vatican for not dealing responsibly with the issue of sexual abuse. The Vatican will soon release a report on this subject to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, a [...]

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