Bill Donohue comments on two articles posted yesterday by the New York Daily News on pending bills that lift the statute of limitations on offenses involving the sexual abuse of minors: The big news, as determined by the Daily News, is that the New York State Catholic Conference hires lobbyists to push for desired legislative outcomes. [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the ongoing sexual abuse of children in Hollywood: Back in 2011, actor Corey Feldman blew the lid off of what he termed "the number one problem in Hollywood": sexual abuse of child actors by industry managers, publicists and agents. Feldman blamed the troubled life and early death of his best friend, fellow [...]
Bill Donohue This article was originally published by Newsmax on May 25, 2016. Looks like old Descartes got it wrong. "Cogito ergo sum," or, "I think therefore I am," has been superseded by "Sentio ergo sum," or, "I feel therefore I am." Welcome to the post-Oprah world of feelings. "Follow your feelings. If it feels right, [...]
Bill Donohue comments on lawyer Michael Dowd's latest slap at the Catholic Church: In its ongoing series promoting changes in New York's statute of limitations laws regarding sexual abuse of minors, the New York Daily News today ran a news story and an editorial on the Senate Majority Leader's past connection to a law firm that [...]
To read Bill Donohue's Newsmax article on the controversy over transgender policies in the schools, click here.
Bill Donohue comments on the ACLU suing the federal government: Having lost repeatedly in the courts in their efforts to sue Catholic hospitals directly, the ACLU has now turned its legal guns on the U.S. government. The issue is the same as it has always been: Catholic hospitals, which provide "excellent care" according to ACLU ally [...]
Bill Donohue comments on remarks made by British atheist Richard Dawkins on religion: Richard Dawkins is not content to promote the virtues of atheism, whatever they may be, he is positively given to trashing religion. "I'm all for offending people's religion," he told the English media. "I think it should be offended at every opportunity." If [...]
In April, we launched a new campaign against the ABC show, "The Real O'Neals." Our goal is to kill the show. Thus far, we have (a) published a New York Times op-ed page ad against the show (b) implored our members to email Disney-ABC executive Ben Sherwood (c) issued news releases on each episode, and (d) [...]
Mother Angelica died on Easter Sunday at the age of 92. She was, without a doubt, the most influential Catholic television personality of our time. While Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was the first clergyman to put his imprint on television, Mother Angelica succeeded in a way no one else did: She created the first Catholic media [...]
William A. Donohue Anti-Zionists often say they are not opposed to Jews, just the Israeli state. Some are telling the truth, but others are lying. Similarly, hyper-critics of Catholicism often say they are anti-clerical, but not anti-Catholic. Yes, that is true for some, but not universally so. In both cases, even among those who are not [...]
