Bill Donohue comments on why China has officially abandoned its one-child policy, and why little will change: Since 1979, most parts of China, and most married couples, have been subjected to a one-child policy, but now the Communist government is dropping it. Ironically, it is doing so for the same reason it adopted it in the [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the strong reaction to an article by New York Times columnist Ross Douthat: On October 18, the New York Times published a piece by Ross Douthat, "The Plot to Change Catholicism," that was critical of Pope Francis and his handling of the Synod of Bishops. On October 23, the Times printed several [...]
Bill Donohue comments on Nancy Pelosi invoking Pope Francis to defend funding for Planned Parenthood: Following Pope Francis' visit to the United States, it was predictable that politicians on both sides of the aisle would invoke his words when they could plausibly be interpreted as favoring or opposing certain policies. To cite the pope when advocating [...]
Bill Donohue comments on an editorial in today's New York Times on the subject of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remark saying that Hitler got the idea of the "final solution" from Haj Amin al-Husseini, the grand mufti of Jerusalem: "While it is a fact that Mr. Husseini met with Hitler in search of support," the [...]
On September 23, Pope Francis met with President Obama in the White House. The meeting was amicable. Incredibly, those invited by the president to be there were some of the most notorious foes in the Church. It is so fitting that the least friendly administration to religion in history would invite a collection of pro-abortion nuns, [...]
On September 23, Bill Donohue, and vice president Bernadette Brady-Egan, met with Pope Francis following a prayer service at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C. It was an honor they will never forget. The invitation to meet the pope was extended by Donald Cardinal Wuerl. He also invited them to the canonization [...]
William A. Donohue Is it ever right to disobey the law in a democracy? This question has been raised a lot lately, especially in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage. There are two concepts of law that need to be considered: the positive law and the natural law. The positive law [...]
Anti-Catholics and dissident Catholics sought to exploit Pope Francis during his recent American visit. The following is a list of some of these organizations who falsely market themselves as truly Catholic entities. DignityUSA At their 2015 annual convention (7/2-7/5) in Seattle they had as the keynote Speaker, Dan Savage, radical gay activist and virulent anti-Catholic bigot. [...]
It's great that the media have finally found a pope that they like, but if they were sincere they would report on statements made by Pope Francis that don't quite fit the narrative they have spun about him. The teachings of the Church generally lean toward the liberal side on social and economic matters, and generally [...]
Poll after poll has shown that Pope Francis is very popular these days, with millions of Americans—of all religions or no religion—who clamored for an opportunity to welcome him when he arrived on our shores recently. Two groups—the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) and Americans United for Separation of Church and State—were predictably unhappy about that, [...]
