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“DEVOUT CATHOLIC”

By |2026-04-22T11:03:27-04:00|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Ed Martin is an attorney and a Trump appointee who has done some very good work over the years, but he got himself into a pickle with Georgetown University after he raised questions about its diversity and inclusion polices. The school went after him for allegedly overstepping his boundaries. This is interesting, but it is not [...]

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ST. PAT’S NYC PARADE STILL BANS PRO-LIFERS

By |2026-04-22T11:03:18-04:00|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Eleven years after the first gay group marched in New York City's St. Patrick's Day Parade, pro-life Catholics are still not allowed to march. The elites who run the parade are once again showing how little respect they have for the parade's origins, which are rooted in Catholicism. From 1762 to today, no homosexuals were ever [...]

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MAMDANI RIPS OFF ST. PATRICK’S DAY

By |2026-04-22T11:03:06-04:00|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani made an 11th-hour decision to march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade, an event he previously eschewed for political reasons. But he couldn't resist bringing his politics to bear at a breakfast he hosted at Gracie Mansion, kicking off the St. Patrick's Day festivities. Mamdani's obsession with demonizing Israel was [...]

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CHURCH INVASION IN ST. PAUL; WE RESPOND WITH VIGOR

By |2026-03-20T11:14:05-04:00|Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |

The church invasion that took place at Cities Church on January 18 in St. Paul, Minnesota was a flagrant violation of constitutional law, federal law and common decency. It is the kind of behavior associated with totalitarian regimes, not democracies. Yet the outcry from all quarters—government, religious, civic, educational, the media—was miniscule. The purported cause for [...]

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RUSSELL SHAW R.I.P.

By |2026-03-20T11:13:26-04:00|Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |

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 Bill Donohue he was not doing well, and asked if he would still promote his latest book, Turning Points: How Thirteen [...]

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NORMALIZING OBSCENITIES

By |2026-03-30T10:38:02-04:00|Categories: Catalyst, Features, From The President's Desk|Tags: |

A Catholic League staffer was recently having dinner with friends at a New York steakhouse when she witnessed a table of several mature women talking loudly, some of whom were throwing around the "f-word" with abandon. It used to be that such language would be heard in pubs, but not in pricey restaurants, much less by [...]

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JUSTIFYING THE CHURCH INVASION

By |2026-03-20T11:11:51-04:00|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Prominent Politicians Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (MN-D) He called the arrest of those who invaded the church a "gross abuse of power." Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-D) Omar condemned the arrests tied to the Cities Church protest, calling them a "clear violation of the Constitution." She demanded that Don Lemon and others be released immediately and described [...]

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NOTHING IS MORE COUNTERCULTURAL THAN LENT

By |2026-03-20T11:10:45-04:00|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

We live in a world where self-absorption reigns supreme. Accordingly, the concept of self-denial is incomprehensible to most, and an anathema to others. Yet this is what Lent means. It is the most countercultural idea in America, and indeed in the entire Western world. That's because we've lost our moorings, which are grounded in Christianity. The [...]

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MAMDANI STIFFS CATHOLICS FOR THIRD TIME

By |2026-03-20T11:10:00-04:00|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Representatives of the clergy from several religions were present at the inauguration of Zohran Mamdani. But no Catholic priest was there. Representatives of the clergy from several religions were present at Mamdani's Interfaith Breakfast on February 6. But no Catholic priest was there. Significantly, the UJA-Federation of New York, the New York Board of Rabbis and [...]

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ST. JOHN’S UNIV. REJECTS TURNING POINT

By |2026-03-20T11:09:17-04:00|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Turning Point USA, founded by Charlie Kirk, has been denied a chapter status at St. John's University. The student government at the Queens, New York campus did not give any reason, requesting that they reapply. But they have already been denied twice, and without cause. There is reason to believe that a political bias may be [...]

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