MORE CONFUSION OVER SAME-SEX BLESSINGS
Bill Donohue There is a front-page story in today's New York Times on the widespread opposition by the African Catholic clergy to the Vatican's declaration that same-sex couples are allowed to receive a blessing. There [...]
ARE GOP CATHOLICS GOING SOFT ON LGBT ISSUES?
Bill Donohue The year 2023 ended with announcements from two prominent Catholic Republicans that they are no longer opponents of the LGBT agenda. Presidential candidate Chris Christie, citing Pope Francis’ decision to allow priests to [...]
DEMAGOGUING CHRISTIANS IN AN ELECTION YEAR
Bill Donohue It is always wrong to generalize from the particular to the collective, as in using anecdotes to make sweeping generalizations, or in seizing upon extreme cases to indict an entire demographic group. To [...]
MEDICAL ELITE PROMOTING TRANSGENDERISM: CATHOLIC RESPONSE
Last month we posted a two-part series on how the medical profession has adopted the anti-science perspective on transgenderism. Today we are showing how Catholic medical associations remain faithful not only to the teachings of [...]
2023 YEAR IN REVIEW
The Catholic League's 2023 Year in Review is now available. It contains an overview of some of our most important battles and victories over the last year. To read it, click here.
MEDICAL PROFESSION BOWS TO TRANSGENDERISM: PARTS I & II
To read how medical journals and associations have adopted the politics of transgenderism, click here. To read Part I, click here.
CHRISTMAS JOY ELUDES ATHEISTS
Bill Donohue This is the most joyful time of the year, especially for Christians. It is not a good time for dogmatic secularists, many of whom are deeply unhappy. If anything, Christmas brings out the [...]
MEDICAL PROFESSION BOWS TO TRANSGENDERISM
Bill Donohue Elites in the medical profession have taken up the cause of transgenderism. They know that what they are promoting cannot be scientifically validated, but their politics overrides such considerations. We have prepared a [...]
MADONNA IN FREE FALL
Bill Donohue When Madonna burst onto the scene in the 1980s, her all-around talent made her an overnight sensation. Her ability to shock was powerful, especially her vile anti-Catholic antics. Now she is in free [...]
POPE AND THE PRESIDENT ADDRESS ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
Bill Donohue The two most powerful Catholics in the world, the pope and the president, are increasingly critical of Israel’s response to the October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians. This, in turn, [...]
‘Spotlight’ Lecturers Give Harvey Weinstein a Pass
Bill In the News: NewsBusters: It is telling that Ruffalo has not sought center stage registering his outrage at his buddy, Harvey Weinstein. Ruffalo starred in two Weinstein films, Begin Again and Can a Song Save Your [...]
In Wake of Weinstein, Catholic League Aligns With Woody Allen: ‘Beware a Witch Hunt’
Bill In the News: The Wrap: Catholic League president Bill Donohue issued a statement in which he aligns with recent comments made by Woody Allen in the wake of several allegations of sexual misconduct that [...]
Would St Thomas More Be Fit for Public Office in America?
Bill In the News: These Stone Walls: Bill Donohue, President of the Catholic League, has drafted letters to both Senator Dianne Feinstein and Senator Dick Durbin, raising many of the same issues that I raise here. These letters [...]
California Senate Passes ‘Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Bill’ that Some Say Threatens Religious Liberty
Bill In the News: Town Hall: A “reproductive heath non-discrimination” measure passed the California Senate Tuesday and is headed to the California assembly for a concurrence vote and then to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk. The legislation would [...]
“The World Over with Raymond Arroyo”
Bill Donohue discusses the monument controversy, attacks on a Catholic U.S. judicial nominee at Senate hearing and more.
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 [...]
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MAMDANI’S ANTI-RELIGIOUS MESSAGING
Bill Donohue New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wasted no time sending a message to the city’s faith communities: on his first day in office, he said they would not [...]
Catholic Connection
Bill in the News (Catholic Connection): Bill discusses New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his first days in office. To listen, click here.
NATIVITY SCENE TAMPERED WITH
Bill Donohue Last year before we erected our nativity scene in Central Park, I told the staff that this was the first time in 30 years that we have displayed [...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2025 YEAR IN REVIEW
Michael P. McDonald, Director of Communications For the PDF version, click here. As the cultural pendulum swung back towards tradition, reason, and faith, the Catholic League made significant contributions to [...]
