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MORE INTOLERANCE IN SAN FRANCISCO
March 4, 2015
Bill Donohue comments on a resolution passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors: Sacramento does not lack for lawmakers who are hostile to Catholicism, but it takes a back seat to those who work in San Francisco. The Board of Supervisors in San Francisco unanimously passed a resolution yesterday [click here] that declares war on the Archdiocese... [Read more...]
DONOHUE’S NEW BOOK NOW AVAILABLE
March 3, 2015
Bill Donohue’s new book, published by Image, was released today. The Catholic Advantage: Why Health, Happiness, and Heaven Await the Faithful contends that the surest path to achieving the Three H’s of health, happiness, and heaven is by adopting the Three B’s of beliefs, bonds, and boundaries. Donohue compares the Catholic Vision... [Read more...]
THE TOTALITARIAN FACE OF ISIS
February 27, 2015
Bill Donohue addresses the latest ISIS rampage: Beginning in 1966, at the outset of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, the Red Guards went on a rampage destroying museums and bulldozing graves. Now ISIS is doing the same thing in Iraq. Sledgehammers have been used to behead statues and other artifacts at the Mosul Museum—winged bulls dating to... [Read more...]
NEW YORK TIMES ADMITS FETUS IS HUMAN
February 26, 2015
Bill Donohue comments on Janet Maslin’s review of Frog, a novel by Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan: Janet Maslin has been reviewing movies and books for the New York Times for several decades, and up until now she has faithfully toed the newspaper’s line on abortion. In her 2009 review of The Snakehead by Patrick Radden Keefe, a book about Chinese... [Read more...]
ANNUAL REPORT NOW AVAILABLE
February 25, 2015
The Catholic League’s 2014 Annual Report on Anti-Catholicism is now available. It covers anti-Catholic incidents that occurred last year emanating from a variety of sources: activist organizations, the arts, business and the workplace, education, government, and the media. In addition to a miscellaneous section, it also has two special sections:... [Read more...]
ATTACK ON ARCHBISHOP CORDILEONE MOUNTS
February 24, 2015
On February 17, eight California lawmakers wrote a letter to San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone condemning the proposed union contract for teachers who work at the four archdiocese high schools. On February 23, two of these legislators asked the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee and the Assembly Judiciary Committee to launch an investigation. Bill... [Read more...]
COMEDY CENTRAL GETS FILTHY AGAIN
February 23, 2015
Bill Donohue comments on Comedy Central’s show, “Kevin Hart Presents: Keith Robinson Back of the Bus Funny,” which aired February 21: This live stand-up premier was trimmed, for programming purposes, to an hour, which means the filthy attack on priests was considered too important not to make the cut. Produced by Kevin Hart, comedian... [Read more...]
OBAMA CLUELESS ON ISIS RECRUITMENT
February 20, 2015
Bill Donohue comments on why ISIS succeeds in getting new recruits: On February 16, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said that “lack of opportunity for jobs” is one of the most prominent “root causes” driving ISIS recruitment efforts. Two days later, President Obama addressed the same issue, echoing Hart’s explanation. After... [Read more...]
OBAMA PANDERS TO MUSLIM AMERICANS
February 19, 2015
Bill Donohue comments on remarks made by President Obama this week on Muslim Americans: It is important to reassure Muslim Americans that they are not the enemy. Indeed, they should be as welcome here as any immigrant group. But there is no need to pander to them. Yesterday, in his remarks at the end of the “Summit on Countering Violent Extremism,”... [Read more...]
SECULARISTS ARE A SOCIAL LIABILITY
February 18, 2015
Bill Donohue comments on a Gallup poll released yesterday that details how the states vary on church attendance: Gallup’s latest effort on measuring religious practices is drawn from its daily tracking interviews in 2014. It sought to tap how often Americans in each state attended church, synagogue, or mosque. The study found that ten of the top... [Read more...]