In yesterday's New York Times, columnist Frank Rich called Mel Gibson a "bigoted blowhard," branding his movie "The Passion of the Christ" anti-Semitic; he also attacked several Catholic and Protestant leaders who befriended Gibson, including Catholic League president Bill Donohue. Donohue responds as follows: If Frank Rich were as sensitive to anti-Catholicism as he is anti-Semitism, [...]
On Saturday, the Catholic Church was the subject of a critical editorial in the New York Times, and yesterday, columnist Maureen Dowd joined the attack. At issue is a recent set of Vatican norms. Catholic League president Bill Donohue addressed their concerns today: On July 15, the Vatican released new norms that were divided into 31 [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Day 47 of the protest campaign on behalf of Mother Teresa: Today I am writing to every parish in Brooklyn informing them of our protest demonstration at 6 p.m. on August 26 outside the Empire State Building on 34th Street and 5th Avenue. The rally is being held to [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Day 46 of the protest campaign on behalf of Mother Teresa: Today I am writing to every parish in Queens informing them of our protest demonstration at 6 p.m. on August 26 outside the Empire State Building on 34th Street and 5th Avenue. The rally is being held to [...]
A poster for the upcoming Robert Rodriguez movie, "Machete," shows Lindsay Lohan dressed in a nun's habit licking the barrel of a gun. Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows: What is it about these Catholic-raised girls that makes them so adolescent, so silly and rebellious at the same time? Madonna takes liberties with the [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Day 45 of the protest campaign on behalf of Mother Teresa: Today I am writing to every parish in the Bronx informing them of our protest demonstration at 6 p.m. on August 26 outside the Empire State Building on 34th Street and 5th Avenue. The rally is being held [...]
Anthony Malkin, owner of the Empire State Building, says his decision to deny Mother Teresa the honor of having the building’s towers light blue and white on her centenary is “final and irrevocable.” Apropos, our decision to call for a demonstration outside the building on August 26 is “final and irrevocable.” The support we have garnered [...]
The Catholic League has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Pacific Justice Institute appealing a decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that denied standing to the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) in an important free speech and association case. At stake is the right of the University of California system to reject high [...]
In New York, like all big cities, there are public notables, superstar athletes, entertainers, politicians, community leaders, businessmen, venture capitalists, clergymen, artists, media personalities, actors, musicians—celebrities of all kinds—persons who stand out and are well known. Not among them is Anthony Malkin. That, however, is changing. I can see the Empire State Building outside our office [...]
Below is the calendar we followed in contacting various organizations in the New York tri-state area regarding the rally. All of them received a letter explaining why the rally was being held (we have included those entities which we have yet to contact). May May 12-13: Kick-off May 14: Missionaries of Charity May 17: Bishops of [...]
