Monthly Archives: September 2014

CONNECTICUT LAW UNFAIRLY BURDENS CHURCH

By |2019-09-19T18:09:52-04:00September 30th, 2014|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Bill Donohue defends the Archdiocese of Hartford: Jacob Doe claims he was molested in the early 1980s by a priest, Father Ivan Ferguson, who died in 2002. Doe had until 1988 to file a lawsuit, but he never did. In 1991, the statute of limitations was amended to 17 years. Doe had until 2003 to file [...]

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HOLY SEE REPLIES TO U.N. COMMITTEE

By |2017-03-20T17:49:55-04:00September 26th, 2014|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Bill Donohue comments on the Holy See's reply to a report issued earlier this year by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child: The Holy See took this U.N. committee to task on three levels: the international body does not understand the reach of the Holy See's authority; it unjustly involved itself in [...]

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DISSIDENTS TARGET BISHOP DEWANE

By |2017-03-20T17:49:55-04:00September 25th, 2014|Categories: Special Reports|

Dissident lay Catholics in Southwest Florida, along with some priests, have declared war on Bishop Frank Dewane. He is the Bishop of Venice and is by all accounts a loyal son of the Church. Which is why they are out to get him. The pattern is a familiar one—we've seen it played out across the nation, [...]

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COMMON CORE’S STRONG-ARM TACTICS

By |2017-03-20T17:49:55-04:00September 25th, 2014|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Bill Donohue comments on the way Common Core is being promoted: The implementation of Common Core in New York State, one of the first states to adopt it, is an abject failure: academic achievement is regressing. Whatever merits it may have, its most vociferous proponents are out of line when they try to strong-arm Catholic schools [...]

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Religion Is Losing Its Clout

By |2017-03-20T17:49:55-04:00September 23rd, 2014|Categories: White Papers and Essays|

This article was originally published by Newsmax on September 23, 2014 The Pew Research Center’s latest survey on religion discloses that 72 percent of Americans think religion is losing influence. This is not a welcome development: A majority of Americans see this as a negative outcome; only the unaffiliated are happy with this result. While the [...]

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BIGOTED LAWYER’S LICENSE PULLED FOR A YEAR

By |2019-09-19T18:10:41-04:00September 22nd, 2014|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Bill Donohue comments on a decision by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin responding to a complaint we lodged against attorney Rebekah M. Nett: In a letter to the Catholic League dated September 18, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin responded to the 2011 grievance we filed against Rebekah M. Nett. We asked that she be investigated for [...]

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September 22, 2014: Newsmax TV

By |2017-03-20T17:49:55-04:00September 22nd, 2014|Categories: Videos|

Bill Donohue on Newsmax TV’s “America's Forum” Bill Donohue discusses Christian persecution and Pope Francis. 

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RELIGION IS THE KEY TO SOCIAL CAPITAL

By |2017-03-20T17:49:55-04:00September 19th, 2014|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Bill Donohue comments on a survey by the Pew Research Center on the issue of which values are the most important to transmit to children: Ideologically, liberals and conservatives agree that responsibility is the most important child-rearing value. But when it comes to the importance of teaching religious faith, the ideological divide is wide: those who [...]

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ACTIVISTS SEEK TO CRASH PARADE

By |2017-03-20T17:49:55-04:00September 18th, 2014|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Bill Donohue speaks to the latest attempts to control the New York St. Patrick's Day Parade: The parade committee's decision to allow a cherry-picked NBC gay unit to march in the 2015 parade has triggered an onslaught of applications from other gay groups, as well as new attempts to wrest control of the parade. These efforts [...]

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