CHICAGO LAW FIRM SHOWS ITS BIGOTED COLORS
Bill Donohue We have previously noted that Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha has decided to conduct an investigation only of sexual misconduct by priests, allowing the clergy of every other religion a pass. Worse, [...]
ELITES ARE ON DEFENSE
Bill Donohue For over a decade, the Catholic League has been fighting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies in the workforce and in schools. They not only discriminate on the basis of race—effectively legalizing racial [...]
Calling the Pope “Liberal”
The following was written by Paul Kengor, the editor-in-chief of the American Spectator and a member of the Catholic League advisory board. This article was originally published in the American Spectator. Donald Trump’s Truth Social [...]
SEAN HANNITY DEAD WRONG ON CLERGY ABUSE
Bill Donohue I have known Sean Hannity for years, and he is a good guy. But I cannot allow our friendship to get in the way of my job. He made comments on his April [...]
BRIAN KILMEADE DEAD WRONG ON PIUS XII
Bill Donohue On April 16, on “Fox & Friends,” Brian Kilmeade was critical of Pope Leo XIV, and in the course of his remarks he said the following: “Historically, Pope Pius XII did nothing knowing, [...]
MAMDANI’S ANTI-RELIGION ALLIES
Bill Donohue People of faith are entitled to go to their house of worship without fear of being harassed and intimidated, otherwise their First Amendment right to religious liberty is jeopardized. But in New York [...]
CATHOLIC NY GOV. PUNISHES NUNS
Bill Donohue New York Governor Kathy Hochul is being sued by nuns because they will not call their trans patients “they,” and they will not put those of the opposite sex in the same room [...]
HYPING PENTAGON-VATICAN FEUD
Bill Donohue Fact checking is a non-stop business at the Catholic League, and we are proud of our record. Michael McDonald, our director of communications, uncovered some aspects of an alleged war between the Pentagon [...]
POPE AND PRESIDENT CLASH
Bill Donohue Pope Leo XIV and President Trump have had their differences before, but now they are at a serious juncture. After weeks of the pope criticizing the president over the war on Iran, Trump [...]
WHAT IS A RELIGION?
Kyle Nazareth Over the past decade, the U.S. Supreme Court has significantly expanded religious liberty, restoring religion’s rightful place in the public square. In response, irreligious groups have moved to exploit this advance by turning [...]
WHY I WROTE WAR ON VIRTUE
William A. Donohue War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class is Killing the American Dream is a book I had to get off my chest. To be blunt, I am seething mad at the smug, [...]
CELEBRATING OUR 50th ANNIVERSARY
William A. Donohue Fr. Virgil Blum founded the Catholic League in April 1973. On April 27, we will celebrate our 50th anniversary. Fr. Blum was a Jesuit professor of political science at Marquette University, and [...]
WHEN DISHONESTY IS THE NORM
Being ethically inconsistent is a trait that is universal, no matter how hard we try to be consistent. Usually, it doesn't matter too much, and that is because our shortcomings are limited to a small [...]
ABORTION IN THE POST-ROE ERA
William A. Donohue No institution in American history has been more resolute in its opposition to abortion than the Catholic Church. Protestants and Jews were almost in lockstep praising Roe v. Wade in 1973, largely [...]
WHY WE DID THE DISNEY MOVIE
William A. Donohue When I was in the 7th grade, I was asked by one of my nun teachers who was the person I most admired. I said Walt Disney. When asked why, I simply [...]
INTOLERANCE FOR FREE SPEECH IS SPIKING
William A. Donohue There have always been extremists on the right and the left who are completely intolerant, and while both sides need to be condemned, the real danger comes more from the left. Not [...]
ELITES DEFEND CHILD MOLESTATION
William A. Donohue While doing the research for my book, The Truth about Clergy Sexual Abuse, I came to the conclusion that many of the Church's harshest critics were phonies. They didn't care a lick [...]
BEWARE OF REPORTS ON CATHOLIC WRONGDOINGS
Bill Donohue Over the past several decades, there have been many reports on alleged wrongdoings by members of the Catholic community. Unlike most Catholics, I have had the time to read a good number of [...]
COLLAPSE OF A COMMON CULTURE
In the May issue of Catalyst, I wrote how elites in our society are bent on dividing us. This month I want to look at technology's contribution to polarization. Not to be misunderstood, I am [...]
CLARIFYING OUR ROLE
William A. Donohue Following the debacle with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, I found it necessary to write a statement that would clarify what we do. There are some conservative Catholics, and others, who think we [...]
ACLU sues West Virginia for grant to Catholic trades college
Bill in the News (The College Fix): “In Everson v. Board of Education (1947), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that students who attended religious schools (in this instance they were Catholic schools) could receive public [...]
The Two Sides of the Dallas Charter
Bill in the News (First Things): .... At the same time, Donohue is fully aware of the damage that the Charter’s implementation has wrought on Catholic priests in the United States: “The average detainee in [...]
Montana bill would jail priests for 5 years if they refuse to violate seal of confession
Bill in the News (LIFESITE): “There is not a scintilla of evidence that child abusers are confessing their sins to Catholic priests,” Donohue stated. “Indeed, it strains credulity to argue that a person who is [...]
‘Atheists strike out at Christmas’: Catholic League unveils new billboard to counter FFRF
Bill in the News (The Christian Post): “We decided to display the billboard as a direct refutation of the annual Winter Solstice display in Madison, Wisconsin, that is erected in the Capitol building by Freedom [...]
Pope Francis’s Favorability Rating Continues Downward Spiral
Bill in the News (Breitbart): While Rasmussen does not attempt to explain the causes of Francis’ loss of popularity, the president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Right, Dr. Bill Donohue, offered his [...]
Catholic League responds to atheist display with new Christmas billboard
Bill in the News (Faith and Works Journal): Catholic League President Bill Donohue provided some insight into the motivation behind this bold statement. He explained that the billboard serves as a “direct refutation” of the [...]
Catholic League answers atheists’ Christmas grouchery with bold ‘Christmas gift’
Bill in the News (Blaze Media): The Catholic League has a 12'x50' billboard displayed in the vicinity of Madison — home to the FFRF's headquarters — on the beltway that reads, "ATHEISTS STRIKE OUT AT [...]
‘Blue Bloods’: The Most Catholic Network TV Series Bids Farewell
Bill in the News (National Catholic Register): ...Bill Donohue of the Catholic Civil Rights League — usually in the umbrage-taking business — wrote in 2011, when the show was returned for a second season, that [...]
Donald Trump Can Thank Catholics for His Big Win
Bill in the News (National Catholic Register): Trump’s biggest laugh at the 2024 dinner came when he quipped that Harris couldn’t make it because she was in Michigan receiving communion from Catholic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer [...]
Catholic swing voters were critical to Donald Trump’s blowout victory: ‘Harris snubbed us’
Bill in the News (Fox News): Bill Donohue, president of the religious civil rights group Catholic League, told Fox News Digital that Catholics resoundingly rejected Harris because of what he called a "clear animus against [...]
Special Reports
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 [...]
Religious Persecution in China
To read our report on human rights violations in China, click here.
Religious Liberty Actions Taken By Trump Administration
The Catholic League has tallied nearly 50 instances where President Donald Trump has embraced or advanced religious liberty. To read the full report, click here.
THE ACLU AT 100
The American Civil Liberties Union was founded by Roger Baldwin on January 20, 1920. The ACLU scheduled a Centennial Gala for March 31, 2020, but had to cancel it because of Covid restrictions. Catholic League [...]
REFUTACIÓN DEL INFORME DEL GRAN JURADO DE PENNSYLVANIA
Bill Donohue, Ph.D. Presidente Liga Católica para los Derechos Civiles y Religiosos 16 de agosto de 2018 A diferencia de la mayoría de los comentaristas y reporteros, he leído la mayor parte del informe del [...]
PENNSYLVANIA GRAND JURY REPORT DEBUNKED
Bill Donohue, Ph.D. President Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights August 16, 2018 Unlike most commentators and reporters, I have read most of the Pennsylvania grand jury report. The purpose of this statement is [...]
Annual Reports
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 [...]
Miscellaneous
January 21 San Gabriel, CA – A surveillance video showed a man walking through the cemetery of the San Gabriel Mission methodically destroying statues and gravestones with religious imagery. Two statues of Jesus were knocked [...]
PREFACE
Everyone at the Catholic League plays an important role in the service we provide, although the jobs vary considerably. But the person most responsible for assembling the data and writing the entries is John Mulvey, [...]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
It is a sign of great progress that the Catholic League spends relatively little time defending Catholics from defamation or discrimination. It is not a good sign that we are busier than ever combating anti-Catholicism [...]
ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS
January 14 Searcy, AR – Police Chief Jeremy Clark refused to remove a small white cross that sits outside his private entrance to the police station, despite being pressured to do so by the Freedom [...]
THE ARTS
May 15 New York, NY – Sotheby's auctioned the Andres Serrano masterpiece "Piss Christ." The taxpayers were forced to fund this "art" in 1987 to the tune of $15,000; it was supported by the National [...]
Most Shared Posts
MAMDANI WILL NOT MARCH WITH JEWS
Bill Donohue For 61 straight years, every mayor of New York City has marched in the annual Israel Day Parade. But not this year. Zohran Mamdani, the Muslim Marxist Millionaire, [...]
Catholic League Report: James Talarico’s Strange Christianity
In this episode of "Catholic League Report" Catholic League President Bill Donohue, Director of Communications Mike McDonald, and Policy Analyst Sean Leigh discuss comments made by Tex State Rep. and [...]
JAMES TALARICO’S STRANGE BRAND OF CHRISTIANITY
Bill Donohue Texas state representative James Talarico is running for a U.S. Senate seat in his home state. Bill Donohue wrote him a letter today about his strange brand of [...]
Catholic League Report: Interfaith Rally Against Mayor Mamdani
In this episode of "Catholic League Report" Catholic League President Bill Donohue, Director of Communications Mike McDonald, and Policy Analyst Sean Leigh discuss Bill's participation in an interfaith rally protesting [...]
