WAR IS UGLY; NOT RESPONDING IS UGLIER
Bill Donohue “Witness to War: World Trade Center Bombing.” That was the title of the lead story in the October 2001 edition of Catalyst. I made a personal statement about what we witnessed that day: [...]
UNPROVOKED ATTACK BY “SNL” ON PRIESTS
Bill Donohue The violence unleashed by Hamas against innocent Jews—in an unprovoked attack—needs to be roundly condemned by everyone. We should also condemn expressions of hatred that are non-violent; they may incite some to act. [...]
TRANS DOMESTIC TERRORISM
There is a violent streak among trans activists that is underreported in the media. The following events all took place this year. February 2023—National Public Radio (NPR) ran a story on Rainbow Reload, a group [...]
TRANS FOSTER PARENTS PUT KIDS AT RISK
Bill Donohue The Biden administration’s foster care proposal, which seeks to limit the rights of foster parents with trans children, says not a word about a very serious issue, namely the propriety of allowing transgender [...]
BIDEN, TRANS KIDS AND FOSTER PARENTS
Bill Donohue The Biden administration is seeking to limit the rights of foster parents who currently care for LGBT children. It also wants to limit the rights of all future foster parents, making sure they [...]
LOOK WHO’S BASHING COLUMBUS
Bill Donohue We live in a time when some politicians think it is perfectly acceptable to allow a baby who survives a botched abortion to die unattended by medical staff. All across the nation, child [...]
CLARITY SHOULD BE THE SYNOD’S GOAL
Bill Donohue The average Catholic in the pew has no idea what a synod is, never mind a Synod on Synodality, and they would be astonished to learn that this event is going on right [...]
ORTHODOXY, NOT HETERODOXY, WORKS
The Synod on Synodality begins in Rome on October 4. To that end, we thought it would be fruitful to examine the data on orthodoxy v. heterodoxy within the Catholic Church. For a longer version, [...]
DIAMONDBACKS HOST “CATHOLIC NIGHT”
Bill Donohue The Arizona Diamondbacks will host a “Catholic Night” this evening at Chase Field. This is the first of its kind in Arizona, or in any other baseball park. Last year, Catholics, and those [...]
DECRIMINALIZING CRIME
Bill Donohue We are not just decriminalizing marijuana—we are decriminalizing street crime. In New York City, where I work, kids are coming to school high on marijuana, addicts are shooting up in daylight, the mentally [...]
Americans Reject Roe v. Wade: 54% Favor Curtailing Abortion
Bill in the news: CNSNews.com: The American people are against Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. In a Gallup poll released last week, a clear majority—54 percent—say abortion should be illegal [...]
Bill Donohue’s Open Letter to Netflix CEO on ‘F Is for Family’: What Does Your Wife Think of This Show?
Bill in the news: CNSNews.com: Dear Mr. Hastings: Did your wife Patti Ann see Episode One of the Netflix show, "F is for Family," the one where Greg, just back from making up with his [...]
The Media’s Phony Reaction to Maher’s Bigotry
Bill in the news: CNSNews.com Bill Maher has apologized for using a racial slur on his Friday night HBO show, and all of a sudden TV critics are trotting out his previous "controversial" remarks. Not [...]
Pope Disagreed More With Obama Than He Does With Trump
Bill in the news: Newsmax.com The media spin on how widely Pope Francis disagrees with President Trump is not only exaggerated, it offers no context: the pope had less in common with President Obama, though [...]
Seduced By Open Marriage: Why Not Ditch the Clock on Sowing Oats?
Bill in the news: CNSNews.com The old saw about a young man sowing his oats before settling down now seems quaint, if not altogether stupid. Why should anyone put a stop clock on sowing oats? [...]
Trump Knows Religious Liberty Is About Worship, Not Politics
Bill in the news: Newsmax.com In 2008, immediately after Barack Obama was elected president, the IRS sought to bully me: I was accused of violating its code on political activity. In fact, I did nothing of [...]
Planned Parenthood Gala Is Sick
Bill in the news: NewsBusters They are billing it as "a once in a lifetime Gala, 100 Years Strong: The Celebration of the Century." Hillary Clinton will receive the Champion of the Century Award and [...]
Democrats Tolerate Catholics Who Agree With Them
Bill in the news: Newsmax.com "Heath Mello has divided the Democratic Party. This is unusual given his low profile. He is running for mayor of Omaha, Neb. What makes him controversial among Democrats are his anti-abortion [...]
A message to Kim Kardashian: the Virgin Mary asks this ONE THING of you
Bill in the news: Catholic Online "Kim Kardashian has bafflingly chosen to depict herself as the Virgin Mary to promote marijuana paraphernalia. The Catholic League's Bill Donohue described the act in a message on the [...]
Kim Kardashian Gets Slammed on Twitter for Depicting Herself as the Virgin Mary
Bill in the news: Christian Post Kardashian also earned the ire of the Catholic League when she was photographed wearing a black see-through dress with the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary in between her [...]
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ASSISTED SUICIDE DATA ARE DISTURBING
Nicholas Palczewski Support for doctor-assisted suicide is losing ground. Identical studies done in 2016 and 2025 by the Lifeway Research found that in 2016, 67% of Americans agreed with it, [...]
RELIGIOUS-SECULAR DIVIDE IS DRAMATIC
Bill Donohue The divide between Americans who are religious and who are secular (religiously unaffiliated) is dramatic: it is evident in all aspects of the culture. That is one conclusion [...]
Assisted Suicide Misuse
National Data on Assisted Suicide When it comes to American's opinions on doctor-assistive suicide, survey data have shown that Americans' belief in the morality of the practice has decreased. Identical [...]
WHAT’S BEHIND THE QUEER AND TRANS FAD?
Bill Donohue “Is the Trans and Non-Binary Fad Over?” That is the title of a recent article I wrote on the work of Eric Kaufmann, a professor at the University [...]
