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RUSSELL SHAW, R.I.P.

By |2026-01-07T09:27:23-05:00January 7th, 2026|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Bill Donohue Russell Shaw, a prolific Catholic spokesman and author, has died at the age of 90. He was the former Secretary for Public Affairs of the National Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference. Last year he told me he was not doing well, and asked if I would still promote his latest book, Turning Points: How [...]

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MAMDANI’S ANTI-RELIGIOUS MESSAGING

By |2026-01-12T09:28:43-05:00January 6th, 2026|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Bill Donohue New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wasted no time sending a message to the city’s faith communities: on his first day in office, he said they would not be afforded heightened protection at their houses of worship. Indeed, he rescinded an executive order to this effect signed by his predecessor, Eric Adams.* Most of [...]

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NATIVITY SCENE TAMPERED WITH

By |2026-01-05T10:33:23-05:00January 5th, 2026|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Bill Donohue Last year before we erected our nativity scene in Central Park, I told the staff that this was the first time in 30 years that we have displayed our crèche that I was concerned it may not be safe. Regrettably, I was right. On December 26, a video was posted on Instagram showing a [...]

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MEET MAMDANI’S INAUGURAL STAFF

By |2025-12-30T09:34:46-05:00December 30th, 2025|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Unsurprisingly, in-coming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has stacked his inaugural committee with hard-core leftists, many of whom have no use for Catholics and Jews. Here’s a look at some of his choice picks. Alvaro Lopez—NYC Democratic Socialists of America Lopez is a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) electoral organizer. He has been heavily involved [...]

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MAMDANI TEAM BEARS WATCHING

By |2025-12-29T10:46:16-05:00December 29th, 2025|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

After Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race, he chose quite a number of people to work on his transition team. This is a list of some of his more prominent appointees, many of whom will likely be given a job in his administration, starting January 1. Not all of these people are of [...]

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

By |2025-12-23T10:29:28-05:00December 23rd, 2025|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Bill Donohue This Christmas we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of our nativity scene in Central Park. I vividly remember, as do Bernadette Brady-Egan, our VP, and Alex Mejia, our Director of Data Services, what happened on December 19, 1995. Here is what I said about it on December 14, 2015. “In 1995, when we displayed [...]

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CHRISTMAS IN AN ANTI-FAMILY ECONOMY

By |2025-12-23T10:56:54-05:00December 22nd, 2025|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Kyle Nazareth As Catholics prepare to celebrate the birth of Christ, America faces record-low marriage and birth rates that expose the anti-family biases embedded in secular culture. Bowling Green State University’s National Center for Family & Marriage Research reports that the U.S. marriage rate in 2022 fell to its lowest level on record, 54 percent below [...]

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CARDINAL DOLAN WILL BE MISSED

By |2025-12-18T08:48:16-05:00December 18th, 2025|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Bill Donohue It is an understatement to say that the Catholic League will miss Cardinal Timothy Dolan—he is a very special man. He always fought for justice, and his amiable character won the applause of Catholics and non-Catholics alike. He was certainly very kind to me. We met for the first time on April 15, 2009, [...]

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MENORAH PULLED FROM CO-OP LOBBY—AGAIN!

By |2025-12-16T12:40:22-05:00December 16th, 2025|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Bill Donohue The attempt to discriminate against Christians at a cooperative apartment complex in Westchester County, New York failed. Those who run the cooperative allowed the display of a menorah in the common area, but not a nativity scene. They failed because we intervened. What makes this story so bizarre is that the same issue took [...]

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