ANTI-ISRAEL MOB THREATENS NYC JEWS
Bill Donohue On May 5, a mob of 100 anti-Israel protesters showed up outside the same Manhattan synagogue that 200 of them descended upon last November. Many of the radical Muslims hid their faces, wearing [...]
TED TURNER, R.I.P.
Bill Donohue Ted Turner, founder of CNN, has died at 87. He had been suffering from a form of dementia, a brain disorder, for several years. He was certainly a titan in the television industry, [...]
Knock and the Door Will Open: The Long Road to Bangkok Thailand
Fr. Gordon J. MacRae (This story originally appeared on Beyond These Stone Walls) I wrote a post recently entitled “Book of Tobit: The Angel Raphael on the Road with Pornchai Moontri.” It was an allegory, [...]
SEXUAL ABUSE IN NYC SCHOOLS v. CATHOLIC CHURCH
Bill Donohue No institution today has a better record handling the sexual abuse of minors than the Catholic Church. Its record from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s was bad, but given the reforms initiated in [...]
The Church is Right about Same Sex Attraction
The Ruth Institute's free report "Refuting the Top 5 Gay Myths" Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. and D. Paul Sullins, Ph.D. If you thought that persons who are sexually attracted to the same sex must be [...]
MAMDANI’S DIAMOND FETISH AND THE BRITS
Bill Donohue On April 29, Zohran Mamdani, the Marxist millionaire Muslim Mayor of New York City, met briefly with King Charles in Manhattan. He later said that if he had had a moment alone with [...]
REPORT ON ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS NAILS IT
Bill Donohue The report by the Trump administration’s Task Force on Anti-Christian Bias is commendable. It lays out, in great detail, the extent to which Christians have had their First Amendment rights violated by the [...]
MAMDANI’S QUEST TO RAPE THE RICH
Bill Donohue Besides an insatiable appetite for control, what defines the Left is an equally insatiable appetite for envy. No one epitomizes these vices today better than New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a young [...]
IS SHARIA A FRIEND OR FOE OF LIBERTY?
Bill Donohue Sharia is the law that is derived from Islamic texts and traditions. Whether it is more of a friend or foe of liberty is disputed, but both sides can’t be right. On March [...]
DON’T FORGET SPLC’S ANTI-CATHOLIC LEGACY
Bill Donohue Racism is a curse, and it is therefore understandable that news stories about the corrupt Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) are focused on its funding of the Ku Klux Klan. What is frequently [...]
WHY ARE LEFTISTS SO MISERABLE?
It was the day after Ronald Reagan beat Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential election. I was smiling (I had run Reagan's campaign in the North Hills of Pittsburgh), but most of the other professors [...]
BIGOTRY AND DISHONESTY ARE COMMONPLACE
William A. Donohue In my years dealing with the media, government officials, educators, activists, business people, lawyers, artists, and others, I have met my share of bigoted persons. This is not surprising given the nature [...]
LYING ABOUT LATE-TERM ABORTIONS
William A. Donohue Most Americans want abortion legal but restricted. Most but not all. There are some who favor abortion unlimited—for any reason and at time of gestation. The media will tell you this isn't [...]
FBI SOURCES ON CATHOLIC CHURCH ARE FOUL
William A. Donohue The FBI spy operation on Catholics has nothing to do with dissident Catholics—the focus is 100 percent on those Catholics who are "pro-life," "pro-family," and who "support the biological basis for sex [...]
CHRISTMAS IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE
William A. Donohue Almost all Americans (9 in 10) celebrate Christmas, and the majority (7 in 10) are Christian. So it should not be controversial to celebrate a holiday that is central to our country's [...]
POPE WELCOMES CATHOLIC DISSIDENTS
William A. Donohue On October 17, Pope Francis welcomed Catholic dissidents who have previously been condemned by U.S. cardinals and bishops. He met for almost an hour with Sister Jeannine Gramick, who, along with Fr. [...]
HATING #1
William A. Donohue The United States is the richest and most powerful nation on earth. New York City is largely regarded as the number-one international city. The New York Yankees have the most World Series [...]
SOCIAL CONSERVATISM IS REBOUNDING
William A. Donohue This article originally appeared in The American Spectator on July 3, 2023. It was just a matter of time. Decent Americans have had a radical race and LGBT agenda shoved in their [...]
30 YEARS AND COUNTING
William A. Donohue July 1 marked my 30th year as president and CEO of the Catholic League. Bernadette Brady-Egan, our vice president, celebrated her 28th anniversary on the same day. We've had a good run, [...]
50th ANNIVERSARY DINNER WAS A HIT
William A. Donohue On April 27, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Catholic League at the New York Athletic Club. In attendance was the Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Bishop Peter Byrne, [...]
Catholic Connection
Bill in the News (Catholic Connection): Bill discusses new revelations about the FBI spying on Catholics with Teresa Tomeo. To listen, click here. (Bill’s segment Begins at 23:59)
Catholic Connection
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 segment Begins at 13:57)
Catholic Connection
Bill in the News (Catholic Connection): Bill discusses the Iran and the results of the NYC mayoral Democratic primary with Teresa Tomeo. To listen, click here. (Bill’s segment Begins at 23:58)
Catholic leaders respond to President Trump over AI image of himself as pope
Bill in the News (Catholic News Agency): In a news release, Bill Donohue, the president of the Catholic League, called the image “dumb, but not bigoted.” “What Trump did was silly, but it was hardly [...]
Bill Donohue to Newsmax: Next Pope Must Clear Up Confusion Left by Francis
Bill in the News (Newsmax): Donohue emphasized that "when people see that, they say, Wait a minute — can we get rid of this confusion, can we get some clarity here? Because we need a [...]
How Pope Francis’ history of criticizing Trump and embracing LGBTQ rights rankled conservative Catholics
Bill in the News (New York Post): Bill Donohue, president of the Manhattan-based Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, told The Post that Francis’s papacy will be eyed as a “net minus” because of [...]
Faith leaders reflect on Pope Francis’ death, papacy and lasting legacy: ‘Made his mark’
Bill in the News (Fox News): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, shared with Fox News Digital, "Catholics around the globe are mourning the death of Pope Francis. He touched millions of the faithful, [...]
Why Do Leftists Still Love Masks?
Bill in the News (American Spectator): Today, four percent of Americans still wear masks when going to stores and other businesses. Who are they? A recent Pew Research survey revealed that they are mostly Democrats. [...]
Paul Kengor: The ACLU’s religious ignorance
Bill in the News (TribLIVE): The ACLU of Massachusetts is challenging a decision by the city of Quincy to erect two statues of Catholic saints outside the public safety building. The saints are Florian and [...]
‘Hot Jesus’: Northwestern class is ‘anti-Christian bigotry,’ Catholic leader says
Bill in the News (The College Fix): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, criticized the course in a statement given to The Fix. He also shared with The Fix [...]
Special Reports
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.
Catholic League Campaign Against The Dodgers
To read the special report on the Catholic League's campaign against the LA Dodgers click here.
SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE
Bill Donohue (A timeline of anti-Catholic actions committed by these bigots) 1979: This was the beginning of the Sisters. In San Francisco’s Castro District three men dressed in traditional nun’s habit walked the streets. One [...]
Sexualizing Children in Schools
This report by the Catholic League shows beyond a doubt how morally corrupt many of our public schools have become. Perversely, it is not suitable to read by the very audience that is being targeted. [...]
SURVEY OF CATHOLICS IS MOSTLY PROMISING
Bill Donohue The Catholic League commissioned McLaughlin & Associates to do a national survey of Catholics. From September 3-12, they polled 800 Catholics in an online survey. What follows is an abbreviated analysis of what [...]
CHURCH VANDALISM
Over the past few years, beginning with the urban riots that took place in 2020, there was a rash of anti-Catholic crimes across the nation. Monuments were destroyed, iconic statues were bludgeoned, gravesites were desecrated, [...]
COLUMBUS BASHING IS UNWARRANTED
In recognition of Columbus Day, we are offering a three-part series on this subject. In the first part we will address the origins of the assault on Columbus. In the second part, we will offer [...]
TRANSGENDER REPORTS ARE STARTLING
Bill Donohue Now that the new school year is upon us, it is important for parents to understand how the sexual engineers in education are trying to program students into accepting gender ideology. To that [...]
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S POLICIES: DEPARTURES FROM CATHOLIC TEACHINGS
This is an ongoing documentation of President Biden's policies that clash with Catholic teachings. January 9, 2024—The Biden administration rescinded a 2019 Trump administration rule that provided conscience protections to doctors and health care providers [...]
REPORT SENT TO BISHOPS ON BIDEN’S POLICY DEPARTURES
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a Catholic League report: We have prepared a report, "President Biden's Policies: Departures from Catholic Teachings," that outlines many instances where his decision-making on important moral issues is [...]
Annual Reports
PREFACE
By any index, we had a very good year in 2015. That is largely due to our employees, and to our members who make it happen. We are fortunate to have a very competent staff. [...]
Executive Summary
The Catholic event of the year—at least for Americans—was also the Catholic League event of the year, namely, the pope's historic visit to Washington, D.C., New York City, and Philadelphia. Pope Francis electrified the nation, [...]
Activist Organizations
January In 2013, Rebecca Randles, an attorney who works with supreme Catholic-suing lawyer Jeffrey Anderson, sued Bill Donohue and the Catholic League for allegedly libeling a man who had made accusations against a priest in [...]
The Arts
March Grants Pass, OR – Jim Ingraham's picture was selected as the Caveman Camera Club's image of the month for March. Given the theme of "contradiction,'' Ingraham shot a photograph he titled "Bad Nun." The [...]
Charlie Hebdo Controversy
A week into the new year saw the horrible death of 12 people, most of whom worked at the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo; a police officer was among the dead. The weekly publication is [...]
Education
February 9 Yulee, FL – A student at Yulee High School ended the school's morning announcement with "God Bless America." This caused the American Humanist Association to contact the school and the Nassau County School [...]
Government
February 3 Gresham, OR – The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries found Aaron and Melissa Klein, who run a bakery, guilty of discrimination for refusing to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple [...]
Media
October 2 Roseburg, OR – Here is what Chris Harper-Mercer said to his victims just before he killed them at Umpqua Community College: "Are you Christian?" After they stood up he said, "Good, because you're [...]
Papal Visit
The most historic Catholic event of the year was Pope Francis' visit to the United States. While it occasioned much goodwill, and overall very fair media coverage, there were some notable exceptions. A selection will be [...]
The War on Christmas
The animus against Christmas manifests itself in a myriad of ways, and 2015 was no exception. The anti-Christmas bigots from the Freedom From Religion Foundation threatened a lawsuit against a small Minnesota town because it [...]
Most Shared Posts
OVERLOOKED EPSTEIN DEEDS DESERVE PROBE
Bill Donohue We are asking the House Oversight Committee to investigate accusations that Jeffrey Epstein was involved in baby snatching and misconduct related to genetic engineering, two offenses that have [...]
Catholic League Report: Mamdani Blaming Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch for AIDS Epidemic
In this episode of "Catholic League Report" Catholic League President Bill Donohue, Director of Communications Mike McDonald, and Policy Analyst Sean Leigh discuss NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's attempt to remove [...]
DON’T BLAME NYC MAYOR ED KOCH FOR AIDS
Bill Donohue New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is accusing the late New York City Mayor Ed Koch of mishandling the AIDS crisis and wants Koch’s name off the Queensboro [...]
Catholic League Report: Mayor Mamdani Won’t March With Jews
In this episode of "Catholic League Report" Catholic League President Bill Donohue, Director of Communications Mike McDonald, and Policy Analyst Sean Leigh discuss New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's decision [...]
