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NOT ALL HOLIDAY CARDS ARE CREATED EQUAL

The following is a comparative analysis of current holiday greeting cards: Hallmark Of the 104 Christmas cards, nine are religious; one mentions Jesus and none features a nativity scene. In its “Humor” category, three have mild scatological references and one has sexual overtones. Of the 5 Hanukkah cards, four feature menorahs; even the one “Humor” card [...]

2013-05-31T20:00:03-04:00By |Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |Comments Off on NOT ALL HOLIDAY CARDS ARE CREATED EQUAL

PREP SCHOOL REVISES PROGRAM AFTER PROTEST

The Packer Collegiate Institute, a prep school in Brooklyn, revised its “Holiday” program after a protest by the Catholic League. In December, the school held a holiday celebration that recognized Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, but not Christmas. Students in the middle-school grades sang songs celebrating the Jewish and African-American holidays, but when it came to Christmas, they [...]

2012-06-05T20:17:56-04:00By |Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |Comments Off on PREP SCHOOL REVISES PROGRAM AFTER PROTEST

NATIVITY SCENES SENT TO ALL GOVERNORS

Catholic League president Bill Donohue announces the Catholic League's Christmas project for 2010: The atheists are out in force this year trying to neuter Christmas. While a few of their efforts are benign, e.g., the United Community of Reason's bus billboards, "Don't Believe in God? Join the Club", most are predictably hostile, e.g., the American Atheists' [...]

2019-09-20T15:36:19-04:00By |Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |Comments Off on NATIVITY SCENES SENT TO ALL GOVERNORS

ATTACK ON PIUS XII IS UNSEEMLY

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an article by Deborah Dwork and Eric Greenberg criticizing the Catholic Church for pursuing the cause of sainthood for Pope Pius XII; it is published on the website of today’s Philadelphia Inquirer: Deborah Dwork is a specialist in Holocaust studies at Clark University, and Rabbi Eric Greenberg is the [...]

2012-10-11T19:40:09-04:00By |Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |Comments Off on ATTACK ON PIUS XII IS UNSEEMLY

OREGON SCHOOL BANS “GIVING TREE”

Catholic League president Bill Donohue describes the latest war on Christmas: Michelle Zundel, principal of Bellview Elementary, situated in Oregon’s Ashland School District, says that one family didn’t like the “Giving Tree” displayed in the school lobby, so she had it removed. “The decision to remove the tree was a very difficult one because the important [...]

2012-10-11T19:43:50-04:00By |Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |Comments Off on OREGON SCHOOL BANS “GIVING TREE”

HOLIDAY GIFTS BANNED IN SCHOOL GIFT SHOP

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the latest war on Christmas: The Byam Elementary School in Chelmsford, Massachusetts recently asked parents to donate holiday gifts to its holiday gift shop; the shopping days are December 1-4. Shopping guidelines informed that “Seasonal items such as snowmen, mittens, snowflakes are a big hit.” But it also had [...]

2017-03-20T17:53:42-04:00By |Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |Comments Off on HOLIDAY GIFTS BANNED IN SCHOOL GIFT SHOP

ATTACK ON PIUS XII IS UNSEEMLY

An article by Deborah Dwork and Eric Greenberg criticizing the Church for pursuing the cause of sainthood for Pope Pius XII was recently published on the website of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Dwork, a specialist in Holocaust studies at Clark University, and Greenberg, a rabbi and director of interfaith policy for the ADL, have the credentials, but [...]

2013-02-07T21:11:23-05:00By |Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |Comments Off on ATTACK ON PIUS XII IS UNSEEMLY

VICTORY OVER WAL-MART; ALL DEMANDS MET

On November 9, we started a boycott against Wal-Mart, citing discrimination against Christians. On November 10, the world's largest retailer refused to give in to our demands. On November 11, Wal-Mart folded, yielding on all counts. Ergo, we called off our boycott. Over the past decade, Wal-Mart has been the object of a great deal of [...]

2013-05-30T19:27:36-04:00By |Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |Comments Off on VICTORY OVER WAL-MART; ALL DEMANDS MET
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