NY TIMES HOSTS EX-CATHOLIC THEOLOGIAN
Bill Donohue comments on an op-ed by Hans Küng in today’s New York Times: Yesterday, I took on the unfair reporting by the Times on the pope [click here for my Newsmax piece]. Today, I will address one of Benedict’s most virulent critics, Hans Küng, an embittered ex-Catholic theologian. Küng says the pope “irritated the Protestant churches,... [Read more...]
COLLEGE MALES PLAY “KILL THE BABY”
Bill Donohue comments on what happened in the cafeteria at Hunter College in New York City Wednesday evening: Some young men at Hunter decided to play a game mocking abortion. So they stuffed balloons under their shirts, pretending to be pregnant, and then used plastic forks and knives on each other to pop the balloons. Students yelled, “Kill that... [Read more...]
ANDREW SULLIVAN SMEARS POPE AGAIN
Bill Donohue comments on today’s post by Andrew Sullivan: Andrew Sullivan accuses the pope of being a homosexual. His evidence? The pope’s “handsome male companion [Archbishop Georg Ganswein] will continue to live with him, while working for the other Pope during the day.” Sullivan asks, “Are we supposed to think that’s, well, a normal arrangement?” Speaking... [Read more...]
SALLY QUINN’S VOODOO EXERCISE
Over the weekend, Sally Quinn wrote a piece in the Washington Post that caught the interest of Bill Donohue. Here is his response: It is not easy to write an op-ed on any subject and manage to be factually wrong about virtually everything. But Sally Quinn did just that. Quinn speaks about the “child sexual abuse scandal” in the Catholic Church.... [Read more...]
HYPOCRITES AT THE ONION
Bill Donohue comments on an apology made by the satirical publication, The Onion: During the Oscars on Sunday, The Onion made an obscene comment on its Twitter account about Quvenzhané Wallis. It referred to the 9-year-old girl as a “c***.” After fielding a ton of complaints, an apology was granted. Greg Hughes, who issued the tweet, said his remarks... [Read more...]
GAYS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Bill Donohue comments on news stories involving gay priests: Is there a “gay lobby” involved in blackmail that resulted in the decision of the pope to resign? No serious observer in or out of the Vatican currently accepts this account. But that hardly means there isn’t still a gay subculture in the Catholic Church. Father Donald B. Cozzens warned... [Read more...]
BEWARE SURVEYS OF CATHOLICS
Bill Donohue addresses a Pew Research Center survey of Catholics that was released on February 21: The Pew Research Center survey is entitled, “U.S. Catholics Divided On Church’s Direction Under New Pope.” Not surprisingly, most media outlets ran similar headlines. I have a high regard for the work of Pew, but there are a few important caveats... [Read more...]
DAN SAVAGE SAVAGES POPE
Bill Donohue comments as follows: Thanks to NewsBusters, we learned that homosexual sexpert Dan Savage savaged the pope earlier this week on slog.thestranger.com. Unable to mount a rational critique of Pope Benedict XVI, he settled for writing a headline that was almost as long as his “story.” It reads, “That Motherf***ing Power-Hungry, Self-Aggrandized... [Read more...]
MASTURBATING LESSONS HOSTED IN CHAPEL
Bill Donohue sent the following letter today to Allegheny College president Dr. James H. Mullen, Jr.: Last night, two sexperts arrived on your campus to teach students how to masturbate. Women were told that by “inserting a finger or fingers inside the vagina into the front wall of the body” they will experience orgasm. “If you’ve got a vagina,... [Read more...]
CATHOLIC LEFT BRACES FOR NEW POPE
Bill Donohue issued the following remarks today: Here is how the Catholic Left reacted right before a new pope was elected on April 19, 2005: E.J. Dionne blasted Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger for using “fighting words” in an address before the cardinals. Father Richard McBrien said, “I think this homily shows he realizes he’s not going to be elected.... [Read more...]