The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently hosted an art exhibition, “Identity Revealed: Message and Meaning in Contemporary Art.” Held at the Ackland Art Museum, the exhibition included the work of Duane Michals. One of his contributions was entitled, “Christ in New York, No. 2: Christ Sees a Woman who has Died During... [Read more...]
BIGOTRY IN MOTION: GEOFFREY FIEGER
Geoffrey Fieger, counsel to Dr. Death, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, wants to be governor of Michigan. This is curious, to say the least, given his affection for Catholics and Jews. Here’s a sample of his sentiments. “Jesus is just some goofball that got nailed to the cross,” is one of Fieger’s more memorable lines. He has also branded Cardinal... [Read more...]
BOYCOTT 20TH CENTURY FOX
We understand that it is not easy to boycott a movie production studio, but that shouldn’t stop us from being on record urging members not to frequent films produced by 20th Century Fox. Our friends in the Muslim community have asked us to join with them in boycotting the studio because of its history of turning out anti-Muslim films. We might add... [Read more...]
BRASH BIGOTS IN BALTIMORE
Every city has some urban rag that the so-called non-conformists like. In Baltimore, one such newspaper is the City Paper. In the annual edition of “Best of Baltimore,” City Paper featured a photo of Jesus on the Cross as shown at St. Mary Star of the Sea Convent. But it wasn’t meant to be reverential: it was labeled “Best Scary... [Read more...]
BROADWAY’S PROBLEM: CATHOLICISM
In the “Weekend” section of the September 18th edition New York Times, several plays were advertised on one page. Four of them deal with Catholicism, one way or another: “Corpus Christi”; “Tony n’ Tina”; “Nunsense A-Men!”; and “Late Nite Catechism.” Their treatment of Catholicism, as even... [Read more...]
CATHOLICS CAN’T GO TO HEAVEN
Imagine what you would do if you learned that your child, or grandchild, came home from school one day and told you that he was taught that he couldn’t get into heaven because he was a Catholic. This is exactly what Wayne and Debra Anderson were told when their daughter, Jenny, came home from class at Eagle Nest Elementary School in Eagle Nest, New... [Read more...]
CATHOLICS, PROTESTANTS, JEWS AND MUSLIMS PROTEST “CORPUS CHRISTI”
The Catholic League is delighted with the strong support it has received for its protest of Terrence McNally’s blasphemous play, “Corpus Christi.” It is proud to announce that the following 49 organizations, representing the four major religions in the United States today, have signed a formal letter of protest objecting to the play: Acton... [Read more...]
CBS FLIPS THE RIGHT WAY
We weren’t sure what was going to happen. That is why we were as pleased as we were relieved when we learned that, in the end, CBS decided to flip-flop the right way by gutting an anti-Catholic remark. A new CBS show, “The King of Queens,” premiered on September 21. We were anxious to find out if the show deleted an anti-Catholic line... [Read more...]
CONSENT ALONE IS NO BASIS FOR MORALITY
William A. Donohue In his magnificent encyclical, Veritatis Splendor, Pope John Paul II said that the foundation of freedom was the Ten Command-ments. This is, without doubt, one of the most radical and countercultural ideas of our age. It not only runs counter to the dominant thinking in the West, it is rejected with a ferociousness that is almost... [Read more...]
DONOHUE JOINS HARLEM RALLY
On September 2, William Donohue participated in a unity rally in Harlem at the famous Sylvia’s restaurant. The rally was orchestrated by the Jewish Action Alliance and several leaders in the African American community, the purpose of which was to protest the “Million Youth March” of Khalid Abdul Muhammad. Donohue was the only representative... [Read more...]