Catalyst

BILLBOARD NIXED

By |2026-01-07T14:01:43-05:00|Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |

We wanted to display a Christmas message on billboards, but we got shot down. So we came up with a new idea—alerting Homeowners Association Managers to the religious rights of residents. Here's what happened to our billboard idea. In September, we contacted a company that deals with outdoor marketing in Washington, D.C., hoping to run a [...]

Comments Off on BILLBOARD NIXED

“MAMDANI WATCH” LAUNCHED

By |2026-01-07T14:00:14-05:00|Categories: Catalyst|Tags: |

The Catholic League has launched a new project, "Mamdani Watch," that will track the words and deeds of Zohran Mamdani, the left-wing extremist who will become mayor of New York City on January 1. It is posted on our website. So who voted for this 34- year-old inexperienced left-wing radical? His only true competitor was Andrew [...]

Comments Off on “MAMDANI WATCH” LAUNCHED

NEWSOM INVOKES THE BIBLE TO SLAM VANCE

By |2026-01-07T13:59:22-05:00|Categories: Catalyst|Tags: |

On November 9, California Governor Gavin Newsom called out Vice President JD Vance for allowing the poor to go hungry. He invoked the Bible to make his case. He made his comments to Jake Tapper on the CNN show, "State of the Union." The Daily Beast, a left-wing media outlet, said, "Newsom Rips New Catholic Vance [...]

Comments Off on NEWSOM INVOKES THE BIBLE TO SLAM VANCE

TRANSGENDERISM DIVIDES RELIGIONS

By |2026-01-07T13:58:32-05:00|Categories: Catalyst|Tags: |

Transgenderism, the pernicious ideology that holds that sex is a social construction and the sexes are interchangeable, was formally rejected again by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on November 12 at their biannual meeting in Baltimore. On the same day—this is not a coincidence—ten "progressive" religious bodies, consisting of some Protestants and Jews, [...]

Comments Off on TRANSGENDERISM DIVIDES RELIGIONS

MEET THE NEW MISOGYNISTS

By |2026-01-07T13:57:33-05:00|Categories: Catalyst|Tags: |

On November 4, at New York's Plaza Hotel, Glamour magazine held its 2025 "Women of the Year" ceremony. But no one really cared about the celebrities being honored, and that's because all of them were women. It's just too mundane to matter. What sells is honoring men who falsely claim to be a woman. That is [...]

Comments Off on MEET THE NEW MISOGYNISTS

RELIGIOUS-SECULAR DIVIDE IS DRAMATIC

By |2026-01-07T13:56:53-05:00|Categories: Catalyst|

The divide between Americans who are religious and who are secular (religiously unaffiliated) is dramatic: it is evident in all aspects of the culture. That is one conclusion that can easily be drawn by the data provided by the Pew Research Center's 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study. This is the third such national study, the earlier ones [...]

Comments Off on RELIGIOUS-SECULAR DIVIDE IS DRAMATIC

RELIGIOUS-SECULAR DIVIDE IS DRAMATIC

By |2026-01-07T14:28:44-05:00|Categories: Catalyst|Tags: |

The divide between Americans who are religious and who are secular (religiously unaffiliated) is dramatic: it is evident in all aspects of the culture. That is one conclusion that can easily be drawn by the data provided by the Pew Research Center's 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study. This is the third such national study, the earlier ones [...]

Comments Off on RELIGIOUS-SECULAR DIVIDE IS DRAMATIC

GETTING TO KNOW POPE LEO XIV

By |2026-01-07T14:23:32-05:00|Categories: Catalyst, Essay|Tags: |

Bill Donohue Paul Kengor, American Pontiff: Pope Leo XIV and His Plan to Heal the Church (Humanix Books) Most people, including Catholics, know little about Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago, the Augustinian who became Pope Leo XIV. Thanks to Paul Kengor, Grove City College professor, author and editor-in-chief of The American Spectator, we now know a [...]

Comments Off on GETTING TO KNOW POPE LEO XIV

WHY IS MASSACHUSETTS SO ILLIBERAL?

By |2026-01-07T13:53:48-05:00|Categories: Catalyst|Tags: |

The short answer to this question is because Massachusetts is so liberal. To be a liberal used to mean being tolerant, especially of free speech. No more. Today it means being an authoritarian. This has been confirmed by many surveys, including ones sponsored by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). In other words, many—not [...]

Comments Off on WHY IS MASSACHUSETTS SO ILLIBERAL?

EUROPE’S WAR ON CHRISTIANS AND FREE SPEECH

By |2026-01-07T13:55:40-05:00|Categories: Catalyst|Tags: |

Europe, once the cradle of Christendom, has devolved into a pale imitation of itself. The last vestiges of this civilization today endure a prolonged assault that seeks to destroy it once and for all. As we have previously noted, France, the "eldest daughter of the Church," has undergone a massive demographic shift in the last half [...]

Comments Off on EUROPE’S WAR ON CHRISTIANS AND FREE SPEECH
Go to Top