Following election day, Americans United for Separation of Church and State accused the bishops of New Jersey of interfering in the electoral process simply because they voiced an opinion on abortion that the radical group abhors. The bishops in the Garden State had urged Catholics to “use their voting privilege to reflect a choice of candidates... [Read more...]
APOLOGY ACCEPTED
James Oberweis, a candidate for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat in Illinois, called William Donohue on November 6 to apologize for making an offensive remark. Donohue accepted the apology and the two men ended their conversation on a friendly note. Here’s what happened. On two occasions recently, Oberweis, who is Catholic, explained... [Read more...]
BALTIMORE’S HATE ART
The gift shop in the Baltimore Museum of Art was selling souvenir postcards featuring a picture of the Andres Serrano “Piss Christ” artwork; it shows a crucifix submerged in a jar of the artist’s urine. A protest by the Catholic League led to considerable media attention, inspiring one local Catholic to buy all 13 remaining postcards.... [Read more...]
BEWARE THE “FRIENDS OF THE POOR”
This is the season of giving and give we should: to the surviving family members of the horror of 9-11; to the needy; to the disabled; to all those unable to provide for themselves. But let’s do it without the smugness that too often accompanies the giving. I say this because it’s been my experience that the people who scream the loudest about helping... [Read more...]
PROTESTANT CHURCHES VIOLATE THE LAW WITH IMPUNITY
In the last week before election day, November 6, there were several violations of constitutional law and IRS regulations committed by Protestant churches. For example, on October 31, New Jersey candidate for governor, James E. McGreevey, won the endorsement of the Black Ministers Council of New Jersey. The group represents 600 churches. On November... [Read more...]
DEZELL’S DEMONS
Maureen Dezell is not particularly fond of the Catholic Church. This explains why she writes for the Boston Globe. She fits like a glove. Dezell takes a shot at the Church any chance she gets. For Example, in her column of October 21, she spoke positively about the inveterate Catholic-bashing playwright, Christopher Durang. Durang is famous for “Sister... [Read more...]
GIOVINO SCORES IN JERUSALEM
Catholic League research analyst Louis Giovino scored in the pages of the Jerusalem Post when the newspaper published his letter taking another critic of Pope Pius XII to task. Giovino was not too happy with the glowing review that the newspaper gave to Susan Zuccotti’s book, Under His Very Window: The Vatican and the Holocaust. He noted that... [Read more...]
GO FATHER BRIGGS!
Kudos to Father Everett F. Briggs of West Virginia. Father Briggs is so upset about Catholic bashing that he has taken things into his own hands. Like putting up billboards along the highways in his home state. Here’s what one of them says: CATHOLIC BASHING is as unacceptable as anti-Semitism and racism Hate Will Destroy America & AWAKE, AMERICA: Your... [Read more...]
RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION AT CHRISTMASTIME
The Catholic League has published a booklet on the subject of religious expression at Christmastime. Written by the league’s former director of research, Robert Lockwood, and the league’s legal advisory committee chairman, Professor Gerard Bradley of the University of Notre Dame Law School, the booklet details a list of guidelines that are most... [Read more...]
HATE ADS LOSE AGAIN
The Eternal Gospel Church, a splinter group of the Seventh Day Adventists, has placed its last anti-Catholic newspaper ad in the pages of the Daily Commercial. The ads, which demonize the Catholic Church with charges so absurd that even Phil Donahue might not believe them, have been popping up all over the country. Every time they do we go after them... [Read more...]