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, [...]
MEET THE CONGRESSIONAL BIGOTS
Bill Donohue There are Republican bigots and Democrat bigots, but when it comes to Christians and Jews, the big prize goes to the Democrats. Here’s the proof. If the Equality Act were to become law, [...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE TO ATHEISTS—SUE US
Bill Donohue We’ve had it with atheist bullies. That’s why we are asking one of their most prominent groups to consider suing us. Here’s how this developed. An atheist hate group from Wisconsin, Freedom From [...]
BOSTON BURSTING WITH BIGOTRY
Bill Donohue The Boston Metropolitan area, which includes Cambridge, is bursting with bigotry these days. It’s not hard to figure out why. Michelle Wu is the Mayor of Boston. She is an avid proponent of [...]
CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS IN TIMES SQUARE
Bill Donohue Many passersby in Times Square are taking pictures of our digital billboard celebrating Christmas. The billboard offers a positive message at Christmastime; it appears for 30 seconds, 4-6 times per hour. It is [...]
TIMES SQUARE BILLBOARD STARTS TODAY
Bill Donohue Starting today, through December 24, the Catholic League will feature a digital billboard in Times Square. At the top it says, “CELEBRATE RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY,” and at the bottom it says, “CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS.” In [...]
NATIVITY SCENE ERECTED IN CENTRAL PARK
Bill Donohue Today, the Catholic League erected a life-size nativity scene in Central Park, in front of the Plaza Hotel, between 58th and 59th Street on 5th Avenue. We received a permit from the New [...]
FBI SOURCES ON CATHOLIC CHURCH ARE FOUL
Bill Donohue This is the last of a three-part installment on the anti-Catholic cell group in the FBI. At issue is the FBI’s reliance on sources known to have an animus against Catholicism. In the [...]
REP. JORDAN ASKED TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE FBI
Bill Donohue The anti-Catholic cell group in the FBI is the subject of a letter Bill Donohue wrote to Rep. Jim Jordan today. He is Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. To read it, click [...]
ANTI-CATHOLIC CELL GROUP IN THE FBI
Bill Donohue On December 4, the House Report of the Committee on the Judiciary and Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released its findings on the FBI’s probe of Catholics. How, and [...]
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, [...]
Cardinal George Pell and Other Martyrs for a Nefarious Cause
Bill in the news: These Stone Walls: Note to readers from Father Gordon MacRae: I would be remiss if I excluded The Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights from my list of loud and clear Catholic, voices [...]
Bias on Religious Liberty Not Helping Media’s Cause
Bill in the news: Newsmax.com: Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) does some of the best legal work in the U.S. defending religious liberty. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke at one of its meetings on July [...]
After Trinity Ruling, Supreme Court Gives School Choice a Chance
Bill in the news: Newsmax.com On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court, which held these cases at bay until it reached its decision on June 26 in Trinity Lutheran v. Comer, vacated these rulings, remanding them [...]
TBS’s Bee Slimes Catholic Church: ‘Sitting On More Treasure Than Smaug The Dragon’
Bill in the news: NewsBusters: Moments later, Bee dropped her loaded line about the Church "sitting on more treasure than Smaug." She briefly targeted one of the opponents of the law — State Senator John [...]
Religious Americans Are Pro-Trump
Bill in the news: Newsmax.com: On June 20, Pew Research Center released the findings of a new poll on President Trump's job performance. It found that 39 percent of the public approves of his performance [...]
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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 [...]
2025 YEAR IN REVIEW
The Catholic League’s 2025 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, [...]
MEET MAMDANI’S INAUGURAL STAFF
Unsurprisingly, in-coming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has stacked his inaugural committee with hard-core leftists, many of whom have no use for Catholics and Jews. Here’s a look at [...]
MAMDANI TEAM BEARS WATCHING
After Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race, he chose quite a number of people to work on his transition team. This is a list of some of [...]
