Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on stories branding Pastor John Hagee anti-Catholic: I have fielded several questions lately by those interested in my relationship with Pastor John Hagee. This comes as a result of Pastor Hagee's presence at Governor Rick Perry's Houston prayer rally on August 6. Some pundits have subsequently said this represents [...]
The Vatican has released documents showing that the Holy See never had any knowledge that a priest allegedly molested a young man in Oregon in 1965. The case, Doe v. Holy See, involves the late Rev. Andrew Ronan, a Servite priest, who was moved from Ireland to Chicago to Portland, Oregon; the specific lawsuit relates to [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows: Tomorrow there will be a day-long symposium in Baltimore held by practitioners in the field of mental health who will make the case that society unfairly stigmatizes "Minor-Attracted Persons," a.k.a. adults who are sexually attracted to kids. Run by a non-profit group, B4U-ACT, psychiatrists and others from [...]
The following article by William McGurn can be found in today's Wall Street Journal: "Religion and the Cult of Tolerance" Earlier this summer, the chief rabbi for Great Britain warned about a new intolerance being imposed in the name of tolerance. "I share a real concern that the attempt to impose the current prevailing template of [...]
Special Report by William Donohue August 22, 2011 The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) held a national conference in Washington, D.C., July 8-10. This report details what happened. Over the past decade, Catholics have been rocked by revelations of priestly abuse. Bad judgments were made; cover-ups took place; and inexcusable conduct was tolerated. Much [...]
In a story in the sports section of the August 11 New York Times, it discusses how a public high school in Michigan has rearranged its football practice schedule to suit Muslim players during Ramadan; most of the student body is Muslim. Instead of practicing during the day, when Muslims are fasting, the workouts were shifted [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an editorial in today's Daily News on New York City's new sex-education program: The Daily News is so ecstatic about the new mandatory sex-education curriculum that it titles its editorial, "Go All the Way on Sex Ed." It notes that the curriculum, "Reducing the Risk," has worked in [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the news that New York City public schools will require all middle and high school students to take sex-education classes this fall: We've had de facto sex-education in New York City for decades—that's how long we've been shelling out condoms to students. And what has it gotten us? [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on critics of World Youth Day: Next week, a crowd of roughly one million will gather in Madrid for World Youth Day. Pilgrims, mostly teenagers, will arrive on August 15 for one week; the pope will arrive on August 18 and close the proceedings on August 21. Against the backdrop [...]
Click here to read Sister Mary Ann Walsh's article from today's Huffington Post on HHS' new regulations mandating that contraception be covered by all health plans. Sister Mary Ann Walsh is the director of media relations at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
