Father Jeffrey Keefe of the Church of the Assumption (Conventual Franciscan Friars) in Syracuse, New York, runs the chapter of COURAGE in the Syracuse diocese. COURAGE is a church ministry to homosexuals and those with homosexual leanings who need support in adhering to the Church’s teachings on the subject of sexuality; ENCOURAGE is an ancillary... [Read more...]
CONDÉ NAST HAS A PROBLEM WITH CATHOLICISM
The following full page ad appeared in the Tuesday, October 26, 1999 edition of The New York Times At the beginning of the decade, Condé Nast’s Vanity Fair sought to discredit John Cardinal O’Connor At the mid-point of the decade, Vanity Fair sought to discredit Mother Teresa Now at the end of the decade, Vanity Fair seeks to discredit Pope... [Read more...]
“DOGMA” FINALLY OPENS
After months of controversy, “Dogma” opens November 12. It was featured at the New York Film Festival on October 4-5; a protest rally greeted the movie outside Lincoln Center. The entertainment media, in particular, continue to seek the Catholic League’s voice on the film. John Podhoretz of the New York Post branded the movie “virulently,... [Read more...]
“DOGMA” PETITIONS SENT TO DISNEY
The Catholic League petition requesting Disney to drop Miramax garnered approximately 300,000 signatures. They were mailed to Disney chief Michael Eisner; the media were notified of the mailing. The decision to put pressure on Disney stems from the Disney-Miramax relationship (the former owns the latter) and the anti-Catholic movies that the Miramax... [Read more...]
DONOHUE ON “CROSSFIRE”
9-28-99 Following a video clip of Hillary Clinton explaining why she is against defunding the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Donohue commented: “…it’s appropriate that we are talking about elephant dung, because this lady certainly stepped in it when she made that remark.” DONOHUE ON THE “TODAY SHOW” 9-27-99 “Our Blessed... [Read more...]
EXTRAORDINARY PRESS CONFERENCE
The New York Daily News dubbed it “an extraordinary joint appearance” and Newsdaylabeled it “an unlikely alliance.” The two dailies were referring to the joint press conference called by Norman Siegel of the New York Civil Liberties Union and Bill Donohue of the Catholic League. On October 4, Siegel and Donohue hosted the... [Read more...]
FIRESTORM OF PROTEST GREETS BEASTLY ART EXHIBIT
A beastly art exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum of Art drew a strong response from the Catholic League and quickly attracted international attention. A British art exhibit, “Sensation,” not only displayed dead animals and sexually mutilated bodies, it featured a painting, “The Holy Virgin Mary,” that was laced with elephant dung... [Read more...]
INCONTESTABLE EVIDENCE
by Sister Margherita Marchione, Ph.D. Author: Yours Is a Precious Witness: Memoirs of Jews and Catholics in Wartime Italyand, forthcoming, Pius XII: Architect for Peace An extraordinary new book, a scholarly compedium of vital historical documents, Pius XII and the Second World War: According to the Archives of the Vatican (Paulist Press, 1999)... [Read more...]
JESSE “THE BIGOT” VENTURA
In the November issue of Playboy, Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura is quoted as saying the following: “Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people’s business.” The Catholic League is proud that it was the first organization... [Read more...]
ANOTHER CATHOLIC-BASHING MOVIE
According to New York Post film critic, Thelma Adams, the movie “Julien Donkey-Boy” features “masturbating nuns,” a man who wears “a large image of Christ around his neck while he rubs himself during an erotic phone chat with his sister” and other “blasphemous” elements. Also included are “incest,... [Read more...]