Ready for this? There is now an Anti-Catholic League. You can access information at www.juicycerebellum.com and learn how sick some of our adversaries really are. “Welcome to the ‘Anti-Catholic League,’” the home page says, “a segment of ‘The Juicy Cerebellum’ created specifically to keep Americans who aren’t crazy, safe... [Read more...]
“END OF DAYS” IS TORTUOUS
When the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie “End of Days” was released, the Catholic League wasted no time blasting it. Indeed even “Entertainment Weekly” branded the movie the “Loser of the Week.” Here is how the Hollywood magazine put it: “The Devil. Not only does he pummeled in End of Days—which has been beaten... [Read more...]
RASH OF ANTI-CATHOLIC ADS IN MAJOR NEWSPAPERS
From November 28 to December 22, ten major American newspapers carried anti-Catholic ads. All of the ads were sponsored by the Eternal Gospel Church of Seventh-Day Adventists (a splinter group from the Seventh-Day Adventists). The ads identified the Catholic Church as the “WHORE” and the “BEAST,” and charged the Holy Father with... [Read more...]
GREELEY ON CLINTON
When asked by TV host Paula Zahn when he thinks about President Clinton’s sexual behavior in the White House, Father Andrew Greeley rose to the president’s defense saying “we’ve done an appalling amount of harm to the American political structure by trying to criminalize his private behavior.” When Zahn asked, “But it that his... [Read more...]
HATE CRIME DATA
In November, the FBI released its annual report on hate crimes. The media gave much attention to the fact that racial prejudice was the number-one motivating factor behind hate crimes in 1998. What was ignored almost entirely was the fact that prejudice over religion came in second, beating out hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation. Of the 1,720... [Read more...]
HATE CRIMES AT CHRISTMAS
Christmas 1999 will be remembered for the unusually high number of desecrations that took place around the country. Vandals and arsonists had a field day: hate crimes ranged from robbing baby Jesus from the manger to setting fire to the body of Christ on a crucifix. In many of these instances, the police declared the acts to be hate crimes. Here is... [Read more...]
HATE CRIME FANATICS
We certainly get our share of hate mail at the Catholic League. Sometimes the author identifies himself, while others prefer to remain anonymous. One anonymous fanatic sent us 24 pages of e-mail on December 23. Over 6,000 times he simply wrote “F— THE POPE!!!” Now that takes some work. Imagine the psychological gears this guy has working... [Read more...]
HOLOCAUST COMMISSION BEGINS
In December, an international team of Catholic and Jewish scholars met in New York to discuss how they will carry out their mandate to study 11 volumes of World War II-era material the Vatican published between 1965 and 1981. The panel was announced by Seymour D. Reich, chairman of the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations,... [Read more...]
HOUSE CHAPLAIN POST DEMANDS SCRUTINY
The quest for a new House chaplain began in June, 1999 when an 18-member committee of Republicans and Democrats sifted through almost 50 resumes. After interviewing 17 candidates, and selecting six as semifinalists, the top three names were submitted to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, House Majority Leader Dick Armey and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt;... [Read more...]
ISRAEL BANS CHRISTMAS
Had it not been for Pope John Paul II, the Cuban people would still be barred from publicly celebrating Christmas. Now he needs to bring his message of tolerance to Israel as well. This past Christmas all crucifixes and Christmas trees were banned from Israeli hotel lobbies because they were deemed offensive to Jews. It wasn’t the prime minister who... [Read more...]