EASTER BRINGS SIGNS OF HOPE
Bill Donohue Mention the word Easter and what comes to mind is redemption. Ultimately, it’s all about salvation. After the darkness of Good Friday comes the light of Easter. It’s also a time of hope, [...]
COLUMBIA TARGETS CATHOLIC STUDENTS
Columbia has a problem with Jewish and Catholic students. April 16, 2025 Ms. Claire Shipman Acting President Columbia University Office of the President 202 Low Library, 535 W. 116 St., MC 4309 New York, New [...]
RELIGIOUS LEFT OKAYS ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS
Bill Donohue The difference between left-wing religious groups and left-wing secularist groups is miniscule. Both are more worried about bias against midgets than Christians, and that is not an exaggeration. In fact, when left-wing religious [...]
LIBERALS HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH FREE SPEECH
Bill Donohue Few Americans will publicly admit that they don’t believe in free speech, yet attacks on it are commonplace. How can this be? While some are simply lying, others entertain a notion of free [...]
NASHVILLE REPORT ON MASS SHOOTER SHOWS BIAS
Michael P. McDonald On March 27, 2023, Audrey Hale, a woman who falsely claimed to be a man, attacked the Covenant Presbyterian Church and School in Nashville killing six innocent people, three of whom were [...]
COLORADO’S SICK WAR ON PARENTAL RIGHTS
Bill Donohue It is hard to know what is sicker—a Colorado bill that would gut parental rights or the basis upon which it rests. The bill would punish parents who do not align themselves with [...]
FAILED ATTEMPT TO MALIGN OPUS DEI
Bill Donohue This is an abbreviated version of a longer article, “Why The Need To Bash Opus Dei?”, that appears in the April edition of “Catalyst,” our monthly journal that is available to members. Opus [...]
McCARRICK’S DEATH DOESN’T RESOLVE EVERYTHING
Bill Donohue Theodore McCarrick died April 3 at the age of 94. The defrocked cardinal was known for decades as one of the most influential prelates in America. He was also a masterful fundraiser and [...]
THE STATE OF RELIGION IN AMERICA
Bill Donohue Pew Research Center recently released its third Religious Landscape Study; previously ones were conducted in 2007 and 2014. Its latest study, which reports on findings from 2023-2024, covers a wide range of subjects, [...]
Vatican Bans Publishing Lists of ‘Credibly’ Accused Priests
Fr. MacRae ties a lot of loose ends together to offer a magnificent piece on what has happened to the rights of priests. April 2, 2025 by Fr Gordon MacRae and William A. Donohue, PhD [...]
MARX’S BLOODY LEGACY
William A. Donohue May 5th marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. He is being celebrated by those who are horrified by Hitler, which makes their opposition to genocide phony. What Marx [...]
DOLORES GRIER—CHAMPION OF THE UNBORN
William A. Donohue On February 22, we lost a good one. Dolores Grier was one of the most committed Catholics I ever met, and one of the nation's strongest defenders of the rights of the [...]
LYING BY THE NUMBERS
Whenever there is a serious social problem, the media turn to experts to diagnose it and provide data. As it turns out, many of these persons are not experts at all—they are activists seeking to [...]
HAPPINESS ELUDES COLLEGE STUDENTS
William A. Donohue The most popular course at Yale these days—enrolling 1,200 students (they had to move the class to a huge building)—is called Psychology and the Good Life. It's not just Yale where courses [...]
BOSTON GLOBE REFUSES TO NAME ABUSERS
William A. Donohue The Boston Globe has been the most merciless attack dog in the media condemning the Catholic Church for the sexual abuse scandal. But when it comes to dealing with its own scandals, [...]
FREDERICK DOUGLASS’ BIGOTED SIDE
William A. Donohue In schools all across America, Frederick Douglass is known as a former slave who became one of the nation's leading abolitionists; he was also a champion of women's rights. Not so well [...]
NUDGING THE NEW YORK TIMES
William A. Donohue When the Catholic League objects to anti-Catholic art, we are routinely labeled censors by the artistic community, but when some of their liberal colleagues object to art that offends them—such as treating [...]
MONUMENT MADNESS
William A. Donohue We live in strange times. Never before in American history have there been fewer victims of oppression, yet never before have more Americans laid claim to victim status. This is especially true [...]
TRUMP WAS RIGHT TO BLAME BOTH SIDES
William A. Donohue President Trump was right to call out the extremists on both sides of the Charlottesville tragedy, but more needs to be said about those on the Left who helped to bring it [...]
RASH OF INCIVILITY HAS DEEP ROOTS
The lead story in this issue of Catalyst is disturbing on many fronts. The rash of incivility is bad enough, but the uneven response to these moral outrages is also a serious problem. The etiology [...]
Majority of Americans Disapprove of Disney’s LGBT Agenda
Bill in the News (Washington Stand): Last year, the Catholic League and Meath Television Media released a documentary entitled “Walt’s Disenchanted Kingdom,” exposing what Catholic League President Bill Donohue called the company’s program of “sexual [...]
Catholic League: Pro-Hamas Protesters Are Like ‘Cowardly’ Ku Klux Klan
Bill in the News (Breitbart): Catholic League President Bill Donohue ridiculed the “cowardly” pro-Hamas demonstrators on America’s university campuses for their spineless approach to revolutionary protest. Instead of willingness to die for their cause, the [...]
Inspector general report shows FBI’s ‘totally irresponsible’ behavior, Catholic League says
Bill In the News (Christian Post): In a Wednesday letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights President Bill Donohue reacted to the [...]
“Wiggins America”
Bill in the News ("Wiggins America"): Bill Donohue discusses his upcoming book, Cultural Meltdown: The Secular Roots of Our Moral Crisis on "Wiggins America." To listen, click here.
Poll: Americans Dismayed over Waning Influence of Religion in Public Life
Bill in the News (Breitbart): A record high number of Americans say the role of religion in public life is shrinking and most believe this to be bad for the country, the Pew Research Center [...]
Civil rights org says Rob Reiner’s film panicking about Christian nationalism warrants Oscar for religiophobia
Bill in the News (Fox News): "Rob Reiner, more commonly known as ‘Meathead,’ released a movie last month that demonstrates the pervasiveness of religiophobia in Hollywood," Donohue wrote. "’God and Country’ is about an alleged [...]
“Sid & Friends in the Morning” on 77 WABC
Bill in the News (77 WABC): To listen to Bill Donohue discuss St. Patrick's Day and other topics with "Sid & Friends in the Morning" on 77 WABC, click here.
House passes bill to ban or force sale of TikTok
Bill in the News (Catholic News Agency): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, told CNA that he believes “Catholics should resolutely stand against TikTok, not simply to protect Catholics, but to safeguard the well-being [...]
Poll: Three of Four Americans Oppose Puberty Blockers for Trans Kids
Bill in the News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue praised the shift in public opinion and policy, while suggesting it is not happening fast enough. READ MORE HERE
Catholic League Blasts ‘Meathead’ Rob Reiner for ‘Religiophobia’
Bill in the News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue has slammed Hollywood director/actor Rob Reiner for his bigoted attack on U.S. Christians. Last month, Reiner released a film titled God and Country about an [...]
Special Reports
Bill Maher’s History of Anti-Catholicism, 1998-2025
Bill Maher's History of Anti-Catholicism, 1998-2025 CATHOLIC LEAGUE For Religious and Civil Rights April 25, 2025, “Real Time with Bill Maher,” [HBO] On his HBO show Maher discussed how some conservatives were criticizing Pope Francis [...]
DISSIDENTS TARGET BISHOP DEWANE
Dissident lay Catholics in Southwest Florida, along with some priests, have declared war on Bishop Frank Dewane. He is the Bishop of Venice and is by all accounts a loyal son of the Church. Which [...]
THE QUEST TO SCALP A BISHOP
This is a special report which was originally published in the September 2014 issue of Catalyst. The Catholic Church has many enemies these days, some of whom are ex-Catholics who left the Church a long [...]
FR. MACRAE’S 20 YEARS IN PRISON
Next week marks the 20th anniversary of Father Gordon MacRae's unjust prison sentence. What happened to him is unbelievable. My account of his ordeal was posted today on his website, www.thesestonewalls.com. To read it, click [...]
IRELAND’S “MASS GRAVE” HYSTERIA
To read Bill Donohue’s special report exposing Ireland's (Tuam) "mass grave" hoax, click here.
BILL DONOHUE’S LETTER OF COMPLAINT TO THE U.N.
Bill Donohue mailed a formal complaint on May 15, 2014, with documentation, to the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations in Geneva regarding the conduct of Felice Gaer, Vice-Chairperson of the U.N. [...]
The Limbaugh Letter, “My Conversation with Bill Donohue”
The following article appeared in the April 2014 edition of The Limbaugh Letter. Reprinted with permission from The Limbaugh Letter, ©2014 Premiere Networks, Inc. For additional information, or to subscribe to The Limbaugh Letter please [...]
BISHOPACCOUNTABILITY’S REPORT ON POPE FRANCIS
According to BishopAccountability.org, "He [the pope when he was a bishop in Argentina] released no documents, no names of accused priests, no tallies of accused priests, no policy for handling abuse, not even an apology [...]
DEBUNKING “PHILOMENA”
To read Bill Donohue's special report on the anti-Catholic film, "Philomena," click here.
ON THE FRONT LINE OF THE CULTURE WAR: RECENT ATTACKS ON THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
To read Bill Donohue's special report,"On the Front Line of the Culture War: Recent Attacks on the Boy Scouts of America," Click here.
Annual Reports
PAPAL TRANSFER
To see the ad, "LEAD US, HOLY FATHER," that appeared on the op-ed page of the April 15, 2013 edition of the New York Times, click here. Attacks on the pope are a staple of anti-Catholicism. [...]
EDUCATION
January 22 Troy, AL – A professor at Troy University unveiled his artwork exploiting the Virgin Mary to make a political statement about HB 56, a 2011 anti-illegal immigration law. The Virgin Mary was depicted [...]
GOVERNMENT
January 23 – March 23 Denver, CO – On January 23, Colorado's State Judiciary Committee held a hearing on a civil unions bill. In 2006, the people of Colorado said no to gay marriage. In [...]
MEDIA
The following entries are examples of media duplicity or deception. February 13 – 15 ABC News ran a story about a Catholic official from Purcell Marian High School who was fired for rejecting Catholic teachings [...]
BILL MAHER’S HATE SPEECH
No one has been more obscene, and more relentless, in attacking the pope, cardinals, bishops, and priests than Bill Maher; he does so every week on HBO. Twenty times this year alone Maher used his [...]
THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS
The following article by Bill Donohue was published by Newsmax on December 18, 2013: There are signs that the "War on Christmas" is abating. In 1994, a year after I took over as president of [...]
MISCELLANEOUS
January 7 New York, NY – At the New York Film Critics Circle Award, Michael Moore presented the Best First Film to David France for his documentary celebrating gay activism, "How to Survive a Plague." [...]
PREFACE
People often ask me what’s hopping at the Catholic League, and what issue we will be tackling next. After I bring them up to date, they’re usually perplexed to learn that I really don’t know [...]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Anti-Catholicism is as ugly as any other form of bigotry, though many do not agree. That is why some bigots are condemned while others are tolerated, if not commended. Generally speaking, it’s the elites who [...]
ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS
January – February Cranston, RI – The Cranston School Committee voted not to appeal a decision by U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Lagueux mandating the removal of a prayer mural from the wall of an [...]
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