One of the most obnoxious anti-Jesuit publications is Free American; it also has a website by that name. It is the work of some right-wing/super patriot/traditionalist/fundamentalist group of conspiratorial maniacs who hate Catholics. And they hate the Jesuits most of all. According to these nuts, the Jesuits run the CIA, KGB, FBI, the Mafia Commission... [Read more...]
BILL MAHER JUST CAN’T GIVE IT UP
It seems a week cannot go by without another incident of Catholic bashing on the ABC late night show “Politically Incorrect.” What seemed like host Bill Maher’s lack of entertainment material has blossomed into a full obsession with slamming the Catholic faith. The October 10 edition of the show was no exception. Nearly the entire show was dedicated... [Read more...]
CATHOLIC WAR VETERANS
The Catholic League urges all members who are veterans to join the Catholic War Veterans. It is a splendid organization that proudly represents the interests of these loyal men and women. It should be noted that no religious group in America comes close to Catholics in the number of war dead. Write to Cmdr. Ignatius M. Paolilla, 55 East 4th Street,... [Read more...]
CENSORING RELIGIOUS ART
About a year ago, we raised a ruckus over the dung-splattered Virgin Mary at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. At the time, we maintained that it was apparently acceptable to deface religious art, but it wasn’t okay to display it in a reverential manner. Not, at least, if the art in question has any connection with public monies or public property. ... [Read more...]
CITIES URGED TO ERECT CRECHES
The Catholic League has written to the executive directors of the National League of Cities urging them to inform mayors and other municipal offices about the permissibility of erecting créches on public property during the Christmas season. All fifty states were contacted. “Every December,” we said, “the Catholic League erects a créche in... [Read more...]
COINCIDENCE?
“The Catholic church [sic] is complicit in interfering with women’s reproductive rights around the world.” That is how a press release of October 16 by Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) began. The occasion was the World March for Women in Washington D.C. CFFC’s statement also accused the Holy See of promoting teachings that “are incompatible... [Read more...]
CORNWELL’S RETREAT
John Cornwell, the author of the diatribe against Pope Pius XII, Hitler’s Pope, was the subject of a formal complaint in Italy as soon as his book went on sale. Emma Fattorini, professor of contemporary history at Rome’s La Sapienza, has accused Cornwell of misrepresenting historical facts in service to his politicized agenda. Cornwell has tried... [Read more...]
DETROIT FREE PRESS BASHES CATHOLICS
The September 26 edition of the Detroit Free Press ran a cartoon by Mike Thompson on the subject of vouchers that was blatantly anti-Catholic. All six cells ridiculed school vouchers, but it was the last one that crossed the line with Catholics. In reference to a “Vouch-O-Matic” machine that destroys the constitution, sucks millions out of public... [Read more...]
“HATE ADS” REPUDIATED
The publishers of two more newspapers that ran the “Earth’s Final Warning” hate ads have apologized in print. Roger Kintzel of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Michael E. Waller of the Baltimore Sun apologized to readers for running the anti-Catholic ads; they appeared on August 26 and October 8-9, respectively. William Cardinal Keeler... [Read more...]
IRS TO INVESTIGATE CHURCH-STATE ABUSES
The Internal Revenue Service has agreed to investigate whether the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and John Corzine occasioned an infraction of IRS rules regarding church and state matters. The Catholic League also registered a complaint against Vice President Al Gore but was told that there was nothing the IRS could do about his recent bid to win the... [Read more...]