Bill Donohue Orwell warned us about elites who manipulate the masses by manipulating the language, and subsequent events have proven him to be more accurate than previously believed. It is our secular elites, in particular, who seek to control language so as to abet thought control. Before examining some recent examples, it is important to recognize [...]
Bill Donohue In 1998, a Gallup poll asked respondents if they thought the state of moral values would be better or worse in 2025. It found that 62 percent predicted it would be worse. Were they right? The data show they were. In 2022, a Gallup poll found that “a record-high 50 percent of Americans rated [...]
Bill Donohue Media coverage of the person who is accused of vandalizing the home of Vice President J.D. Vance failed to report that the suspect, William D. DeFoor, may have been transgender and requested the police call him "Julia." A search of TV news coverage found that none of the major networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS) [...]
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 [...]
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 Indeed, he rescinded an executive order to this effect signed by his predecessor, Eric Adams.* Most of [...]
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 [...]
The Catholic League’s 2025 Year in Review is now available. It contains an overview of some of our most important battles and victories over the last year. To read it, click here.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
