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Media

Movies April 3 New York, NY – Neil Jordan’s "The Butcher Boy" opened in select theaters, complete with Sinead O’Connor playing a foul-mouthed Virgin Mary uttering the F-word. In defending the scene, O’Connor opined that "if Mary was around right now she might say something like fuck!" For his part, Jordan believed that his portrayal of the [...]

2017-03-20T17:57:59-04:00By |Categories: 1998 Report on Anti-Catholicism, Annual Report on Anti-Catholicism|Comments Off on Media

WAS CHURCH “SILENT” DURING HOLOCAUST?

This is the article that appeared in the October 2023 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate date of when the article was first published, check out the news release, here. The day after it was reported that [...]

2023-10-27T10:26:34-04:00By |Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |Comments Off on WAS CHURCH “SILENT” DURING HOLOCAUST?

STATEMENT TO THE DULUTH COMMUNITY: UNIV. OF MINNESOTA DULUTH HOLOCAUST EVENT

Bill Donohue It has come to my attention that the University of Minnesota Duluth is hosting a series of events on the Holocaust; they are scheduled to run between April 12 and April 19. Because many of the events address the religious response to the Holocaust, it is of great interest to the Catholic League. For [...]

2012-12-21T13:43:12-05:00By |Categories: Catalyst, Essay|Tags: |Comments Off on STATEMENT TO THE DULUTH COMMUNITY: UNIV. OF MINNESOTA DULUTH HOLOCAUST EVENT

BEATING BACK SCROOGE

The Catholic League's enormous Times Square billboard (click here) sends a message that is both joyful and serious: Christians will not allow the Scrooges in our society to stop us from honoring Jesus. Scrooges are trying to censor Christmas again. In Bordentown, New Jersey the superintendent of schools initially sought to ban religious Christmas music from [...]

2013-12-12T20:56:48-05:00By |Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |Comments Off on BEATING BACK SCROOGE

SANTA’S BACK AT HILLSBORO

Bill Donohue comments on a reply from Hillsboro School District: On December 5, in a news release titled, "Diversity = Intolerance," I mentioned that Oregon's Hillsboro School District issued a policy requesting that employees "refrain" from decorating their office doors with Santa. That's because some feel "uncomfortable" seeing Christmas symbols. We bombarded the local media in [...]

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OFFICE PARTY RULES TO IGNORE

Bill Donohue comments on office Christmas parties: Many label us conservative, but we're not the uptight ones when it comes to the annual office Christmas party. We know how to party. Helen Sorrentino of The Alternative Press advises employers to limit office parties to "a few hours." I manifestly disagree—ours is open-ended and could go on [...]

2017-03-20T17:50:49-04:00By |Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |Comments Off on OFFICE PARTY RULES TO IGNORE

Government

February Shirley, MA — Inmates in a state prison had their rosary beads confiscated in what prison officials claim was a crackdown on gang-related violence. A court determined the corrections department could "curtail inmates rights in order to achieve legitimate correctional goals." Prisoners who say their right to worship is in jeopardy are appealing to a higher [...]

2019-09-26T17:34:07-04:00By |Categories: 2000 Report on Anti-Catholicism, Annual Report on Anti-Catholicism|Comments Off on Government

Government

January Washington, DC – Members of Congress received a letter from the leagueopposing the nomination of James Hormel as U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg. Theleague’s objections were based on Mr. Hormel’s tacit endorsement, during the1996 San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade, of the Sisters ofPerpetual Indulgence—a group of gay men in nuns’ habits who have been [...]

2017-03-20T17:57:58-04:00By |Categories: 1998 Report on Anti-Catholicism, Annual Report on Anti-Catholicism|Comments Off on Government

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