COMEDIANS BARE THE TRUTH ON SEXUAL ABUSE

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows: For years, the Catholic League has maintained that priests accused of sexual abuse are treated differently than any other segment of the population. This is especially true when the abuser is a celebrity. Last night, a comedian on “Chelsea Lately,” Joe Matarese, made exactly this... [Read more...]

MACY’S OFFENDS CATHOLICS

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how Macy’s department store is offending Catholics: Why Macy’s would want to pick a fight with Catholics during the Lenten season is not known, but that it has is certain. Here’s the background. This weekend, Showtime will begin airing a series, “The Borgias,” a corrupt... [Read more...]

RELIGIOUS REALITY CHECK

Catholic League president Bill Donohue offers a religious reality check based on some news items from today:   Bart Ehrman doesn’t believe in God, which is why he is just the right guy to teach religion at the University of North Carolina. It’s not as though he is uninterested in religion—he likes to study the Bible, it’s just that... [Read more...]

NEWS FLASH: PRIESTS HAVE RIGHTS

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on recent attacks on the rights of priests:   In an editorial that is pure boilerplate, the Seattle Times said yesterday that 37 priests in the Philadelphia archdiocese have been allowed to continue in ministry despite a finding of sexual misconduct by a grand jury. But the grand jury did not find anyone... [Read more...]

PICTURE POLITICS

There is a story about an abusive Jesuit priest in today’s New York Times. The headline reads, “Suit Says Jesuits Ignored Decades of Warnings About Priest.” There is a large picture of Father Donald McGuire with his hand on the back of a young boy on the day of his First Communion. The caption below says that the priest “was... [Read more...]

MORE HYPOCRISY

Leonard Pitts, Jr. is a columnist for the Miami Herald who apparently has been out in the sun for too long. In a column that appears today in the Olympian (Olympia, Washington), he is hot under the collar about the way Muslims are allegedly being victimized by an “irrational panic” (as if there were such a thing as a “rational panic”). Pitts... [Read more...]

March 26, 2011: CNN.com

CNN.com, “Woman Escapes Deportation Until Status of Same-Sex Marriage Made Clear”  Read More →

March 25, 2011: The Forward

The Forward, “Grasping Benedict”  Read More →

BOYS LIKE “BOOK OF MORMON”

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the way critics are receiving the new Broadway musical, “The Book of Mormon”:   When Trey Parker and Matt Stone die, the obit page should label them as talented yet cowardly artists. After all, as Terry Teachout in the Wall Street Journal says, it takes no guts to bash Mormons on Broadway.... [Read more...]

March 24, 2011: Catholic Online

Catholic Online, “S.D. Governor Signs Pro-Life Informed Consent Bill, Planned Parenthood to Sue”  Read More →

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