THE GERMAN CHRISTIAN CRACKUP
Bill Donohue Pope Francis wanted the Catholic Church to be more welcoming to homosexuals and transgender people, and he allowed priests to bless same-sex couples. This was music to the ears of the German Catholic [...]
MEGYN KELLY IS RIGHT ABOUT EPSTEIN
Bill Donohue Megyn Kelly is being bashed for saying that Jeffrey Epstein was “not a pedophile.” Her critics are plainly ignorant, and their gripe is not with her—it’s with the American Academy of Pediatrics. It [...]
TWO STELLAR AUTHORS JOIN OUR ADVISORY BOARD
We are proud to announce that Edward Pentin and Anne Hendershott have joined the Catholic League’s board of advisors. Edward is one of the world’s most distinguished Catholic journalists, serving as the Rome correspondent for [...]
TRANSGENDERISM DIVIDES RELIGIONS
Bill Donohue 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 [...]
WHY MAMDANI DIDN’T MARCH WITH VETERANS
Bill Donohue Predictably, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani did not march in the Veterans Day Parade. His decision to visit a veteran’s residence in the Bronx, having a meal with them, is no substitute [...]
WILL MAMDANI MARCH WITH VETERANS?
Bill Donohue New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani likes to march in most of the city’s celebratory parades. Will he march in the NYC 2025 Veterans Day Parade? There is no evidence he has ever [...]
NEWSOM INVOKES THE BIBLE TO SLAM VANCE
Bill Donohue 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 [...]
PROFILE OF MAMDANI VOTERS IS TELLING
Bill Donohue Who voted for Zohran Mamdani? He is the young radical Muslim socialist who was elected the next mayor of New York City. He took 50.4 percent of the vote; Andrew Cuomo received 41.6 [...]
MAMDANI’S RULINGS BEAR CLOSE SCRUTINY
Bill Donohue We have made plain our grave concerns about Zohran Mamdani (click here), and now that he will become the mayor of New York City on January 1, 2026, we will keep a close [...]
MEET THE NEW MISOGYNISTS
Bill Donohue Tonight, at New York’s Plaza Hotel, Glamour magazine will hold its 2025 “Women of the Year” ceremony. But no one really cares about the celebrities being honored, and that’s because all of them [...]
SPARKS FLY OVER PAPAL TRANSFER
William A. Donohue The lead story in this edition of Catalyst covers the effusive praise heaped on Pope Francis, and the warm reception he received from leaders of other religions. But we would be remiss [...]
OUR ANTI-CHILD CULTURE
William A. Donohue Jonathan V. Last is a senior writer at the Weekly Standard, the prominent conservative magazine that features Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes. He is also a gifted writer, a strong pro-life advocate, [...]
INTERPRETING ABORTION DATA
From The President's Desk William A. Donohue The most controversial social issues of our day, namely abortion and gay marriage, are overwhelmingly funded and researched by those who are advocates for these causes. Similarly, those [...]
SANDY’S UNSUNG HEROES
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK William A. Donohue In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, we need something to cheer about, especially as we approach the holiday season. I bring you good news, but first a word [...]
MASTERS OF INTOLERANCE
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK William A. Donohue Why is it that the same people who boast of their open-mindedness tend to be the most close-minded of all? Do they not see how utterly hypocritical they [...]
UNSEEMLY TWINS: OBAMA AND HOLLYWOOD
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK William A. Donohue On September 11, 2001, around 8:50 a.m., I looked out my 34th floor-window and saw a blazing hole near the top of one of the Twin Towers. I [...]
THE GAY EXPRESS
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK William Donohue Many years ago, Harvard sociologist Daniel Patrick Moynihan said he was stunned by the swiftness of cultural change that took place in the 1960s. In particular, he cited the [...]
BLATANT INJUSTICES
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK William Donohue Some of the worst expressions of injustice occur between family and friends, outside the purview of others. Public forms of injustice, such as criminal behavior, are dealt with in [...]
GENESIS OF A BOOK
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK William Donohue A few years ago, I was put in touch with an editor at Doubleday/Random House, Trace Murphy, about a book I wanted to do. After I explained to him [...]
MISERABLE CATHOLICS
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK William Donohue It is not uncommon for people to join an organization when they are young, and grow to like it immensely. But people change, and oftentimes organizations do not, or [...]
The president of the Catholic League, Bill Donohue
(Wilmington Catholic Radio): Judi and Tara speak to Dr. Bill Donohue, a sociologist, about his newest book, War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class is Killing the American Dream. In this show, Bill explains how [...]
Social Conservatism Is Rebounding
Bill in the News (The American Spectator): No wonder social conservatism is rebounding — most people are convinced that we are morally troubled, to say the least. There are reasons for optimism, however....READ MORE HERE
Vatican Secretary of State Denies Link Between Homosexuality and Clerical Sex Abuse
Bill in the News (Breitbart): Bill Donohue, a sociologist and president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, has noted that regardless of his intentions, Cardinal Parolin is factually mistaken. The most extensive [...]
“America’s Rabbi” Politically Conservative Rabbi Aryeh Spero Passes Away
Bill in the News (The Jewish Voice): Rabbi Spero also voiced his opposition to the efforts to silence conservative voices and actively defended innocent Catholic boys from Covington Catholic High School when they were targeted [...]
Guadalupe Radio Network
Bill in the News (Guadalupe Radio Network): Bill Donohue discusses his new book on Guadalupe Radio Network's "Catholic Drive Time." To listen click here. (Bill begins at the 44 min mark)
NYS provides $500K funding to Mt. Sinai, others for transgender medical care pilot program as critics cry ‘morally irresponsible’
Bill in the News (NY Post): But critics blasted the funding, saying New York should not be encouraging residents to undergo life altering transgender surgeries. “At a time when European nations are quickly moving away from [...]
Thousands of protesters descend upon Dodger Stadium, take over entire block as team honors ‘drag nun’ group
Bill in the News (NY Post): After the team initially invited the Sisters, Catholic League president Bill Donohue also wrote to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred calling the invitation an “unprovoked assault on Catholics.” “Don’t believe [...]
Catholic Groups Step Up Protests of ‘Hate’ Group’s MLB Honor
Bill in the News (Newsmax): The Catholic League debuted another round of 25 radio ads this week after the positive response to an initial blast that urged KABC Los Angeles listeners not to attend the [...]
‘I Stand With Clayton Kershaw’: Tim Scott Condemns Dodgers’ ‘Shameful and Disgusting’ Stunt With Anti-Catholic Drag Group
Bill in the News (The Daily Signal): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, compiled a list of the group’s most outrageous acts of anti-Catholic bigotry, including a 1987 “Condom [...]
Archbishop to pray for L.A. hours before Dodgers honor Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Catholic League in the News (Los Angeles Times): In an email sent to The Times last week, the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights referred to the Sisters as “an anti-Catholic group” and called [...]
Special Reports
Sexual Abuse in Social Context: Clergy and Other Professionals
Special Report by Special Report by Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights February 2004 PREFACE The purpose of this special report is to put the recent scandal in the Catholic Church in perspective. It does [...]
An Open Letter to the Jewish Community
I have seen the Mel Gibson movie, “The Passion of the Christ,” on two occasions and consider it to be the most moving dramatization of the death of Jesus Christ ever made. It is magnificent [...]
Report on Newsday (NY) and the Church
January 2004 Part 1: General Catholic Church Coverage January 2002-December 2003 Columnists Dick Ryan: “The laity must begin to convince those Catholics who seem asleep that their church is in a terminal crisis that involves everybody. [...]
Maligning Mel Gibson
March 2003 - Present The following quotes represent some of the most unfair statements on Mel Gibson and his film, "The Passion of the Christ." The selections in each category are in reverse chronological order. [...]
“Dogma”
Special Report by William Donohue August 1999 Click here to access the league's booklet on "Dogma."
Annual Reports
Executive Summary
Executive Summary Anyone who seeks to have an impact on the culture is bound to be controversial: it comes with the territory. Moreover, this is not a job for wimps. Judging from the reactions that [...]
Activist Organizations
Activist Organizations January 12 In an article posted on TheWeek.com, Democratic consultant Bob Shrum took a shot at Catholic bishops for their opposition to abortion in the proposed health care bill: “Having abetted thousands of [...]
The Arts
February 11 – 28 Tampa, FL – The Shimberg Playhouse hosted “Agnes of God,” a play based on the notoriously anti-Catholic movie by the same name. In the play, a novice nun gives birth in a convent [...]
Business / Workplace
January 4 Celebrity Cruises announced that it would no longer have priests on board to celebrate daily and Sunday Masses. We immediately followed up by questioning the cruise line about its new policy. Celebrity replied [...]
Education
Education January 17 Colorado Springs, CO – A wooden cross was placed at a prayer circle for Wiccans and pagans at the United States Air Force Academy. The reaction of the Academy was boilerplate. Air Force [...]
Government
Government January-August San Francisco, CA – On January 20, a judge in a San Francisco court allowed attorneys David Boies and Theodore B. Olsen to submit e-mails they obtained between the director of the U.S. Conference [...]
Media
Media Archbishop Dolan’s Critics Freak Out In November, following the election of Archbishop Timothy Dolan as the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, critics of the New York archbishop went ballistic. Here [...]
The War on Christmas
November We sent all 50 governors a manger scene to be displayed during the Christmas season, and most did not have the courtesy of even replying. As you can see from the list below, we [...]
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous January 5 Joliet, IL – A large painting depicting the history of Jesus Christ, displayed for the Christmas season, was stolen from a home. January 10 Wilkes-Barre, PA – A student of Kings College was found [...]
Papal
PAPAL WITCH-HUNT In the spring of 2010, there was a concerted effort by the media, led by the New York Times, to blame Pope Benedict XVI for the sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church. [...]
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Knock and the Door Will Open: The Long Road to Bangkok Thailand
Fr. Gordon J. MacRae (This story originally appeared on Beyond These Stone Walls) I wrote a post recently entitled “Book of Tobit: The Angel Raphael on the Road with Pornchai [...]
SEXUAL ABUSE IN NYC SCHOOLS v. CATHOLIC CHURCH
Bill Donohue No institution today has a better record handling the sexual abuse of minors than the Catholic Church. Its record from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s was bad, but [...]
The Church is Right about Same Sex Attraction
The Ruth Institute's free report "Refuting the Top 5 Gay Myths" Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. and D. Paul Sullins, Ph.D. If you thought that persons who are sexually attracted to [...]
MAMDANI’S DIAMOND FETISH AND THE BRITS
Bill Donohue On April 29, Zohran Mamdani, the Marxist millionaire Muslim Mayor of New York City, met briefly with King Charles in Manhattan. He later said that if he had [...]
