SINEAD O’CONNOR DEAD AT 56
Bill Donohue Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has passed way at age 56. In her better years, O’Connor sold millions of record albums, winning a Grammy for her work. She became an overnight sensation in 1992 [...]
FBI REPLIES TO JORDAN—MORE ANSWERS NEEDED
Bill Donohue We sent the following letter to Rep. Jim Jordan today (we urge you to contact his communications director, Russell Dye: russell.dye@mail.house.gov). July 26, 2023 Hon. Jim Jordan Chairman Committee on the Judiciary 2056 [...]
ANTI-CATHOLIC BIGOTS ATTACK LEONARD LEO
Bill Donohue Leonard Leo, co-chairman of the Federalist Society, and the man most responsible for shepherding through President Trump’s appointments to the federal bench, including three Supreme Court Justices, is being attacked by anti-Catholic bigots [...]
TIME TO REIN IN FBI OVER CATHOLIC PROBES
Bill Donohue We sent the following letter to Rep. Jim Jordan today (we urge you to contact his communications director, Russell Dye: russell.dye@mail.house.gov). July 24, 2023 Hon. Jim Jordan 2056 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, [...]
ANOTHER JESUIT-RUN SCHOOL TANKS ON FREE SPEECH
Bill Donohue For the past several years, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has published a survey on the status of free speech on college campuses. In my remarks on the 2021 study, [...]
FREE SPEECH ON CAMPUS: JESUIT-RUN SCHOOLS DO POORLY
Bill Donohue The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has published the results of a comprehensive survey of over 37,000 students at over 150 colleges and universities; the survey was taken in 2021. [The [...]
CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE DISAPPEARING
Bill Donohue The clergy sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church has long been over and now it is practically non-existent. To be sure, there continues to be a tiny fraction of the clergy who [...]
DISNEY STILL REELING FROM BLOWBACK
Bill Donohue Bob Iger has been hanging around Disney seemingly forever, and every time he quits, he re-retires (he’s done so at least three times). When he left as CEO in 2021, he managed to [...]
MEDIA MISLEAD ON ABORTION POLL
Bill Donohue Media bias is nothing new, and this is especially true when it comes to hot button issues such as abortion. An AP-NORC poll on abortion conducted in late June, and released this week, [...]
PUBLIC SOURS ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Bill Donohue The public appears to be souring on higher education. The level of confidence that Americans have for colleges and universities today is at its lowest level, as determined by Gallup. It is also [...]
DACA Reform Means Congress Must Do Its Job
Bill in the news: Newsmax.com: Given the normalization of hysteria in America, it was predictable that hyperbole would govern much of the discussion — if we can call it that — over the so-called Dreamers, [...]
Preacher causes outrage amongst Christians for graphic Jesus sex scene
Bill in the news: independent.co.uk: “Depicting Jesus in a grotesque sex scene is an assault on the sensibilities of all Christians, as well as people of good will who are not Christians,” Catholic League president Bill [...]
Is Malia in a Dorm Named After a Slave Owner?
Bill in the news: Newsmax.com: On August 22, former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle helped their daughter, Malia, move into a dorm at Harvard University. One of the twelve undergraduate dorms is Mather [...]
‘Preacher’ upsets with graphic sex scene featuring Jesus
Bill in the news: FOX NEWS: “Depicting Jesus in a grotesque sex scene is an assault on the sensibilities of all Christians, as well as people of good will who are not Christians,” said Catholic [...]
The Boston Globe’s New Attack on Catholic Priests and Celibacy Rules
Bill in the news: NewsBusters: The Boston Globe's "Spotlight" team is out with another attack on the Catholic priesthood: this one a two-part series on "Children of Catholic priests" who "live with secrets and sorrow." Using [...]
Defamation suit against Bill Donohue ends as appeal period expires
Bill in the news: National Catholic Reporter: A defamation case brought against Bill Donohue by a Kansas City man, whose account of clergy sexual abuse the Catholic League head doubted, closed Aug. 17 after the [...]
Trump Was Right to Blame Both Sides
Bill in the news: Newsmax.com President Trump was right to call out the extremists on both sides of the Charlottesville, Virginia tragedy, but more needs to be said about those on the left who helped [...]
Hillary Must Clean Up Her Past Before Preaching
Bill in the news: Newsmax.com Hillary Clinton is back in the news, but for reasons confounding supporters and detractors alike. She is reportedly weighing a decision to become a Methodist lay-preacher. There are good reasons why her [...]
The Secular Media’s Double Standard on ‘Zero Tolerance’ of Abuse
Bill in the news: NewsBusters: "Zero tolerance" is known as the "one-strike-and-you're-out" rule. There are no strikes—no convictions—against Cardinal Pell. Therefore, it is a moot issue. To say that the pope's credibility is on the [...]
Commentaries Jesuit journal’s essay was an overreaction to a questionable problem
Bill in the news: CatholicPhilly.com: In a statement that didn’t name the Spadaro-Figueroa piece but, coming a day later, was apparently a response, Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, [...]
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Bill in the News (Catholic Connection): Bill discusses the IRS' decision to allow religious non-profits to be more vocal regarding political campaigns with Teresa Tomeo. To listen, click here. (Bill’s [...]
IRS SHIFT ON NON-PROFITS IS WELCOME
Bill Donohue July 15, 2025 The Catholic League welcomes the announcement that the IRS has altered its policy on non-profit organizations and their participation in political campaigns. We know from [...]
