“Hannity and Colmes,” Fox News, 8/24/00 Pro-abortion advocate Virginia Saporta says ads that are opposed to partial birth abortion are “inflammatory.” William Donohue responds, “Let me tell you what! Inflammatory? You cannot discuss killing a baby who’s 80 percent born without it being inflammatory! It is the procedure that is inflammatory,... [Read more...]
JEWISH SCHOLARS WRITE HISTORIC DOCUMENT
A formidable group of Jewish scholars and rabbis—some 170 in all—have signed a document that says, “Nazism was not a Christian phenomenon.” While they acknowledge that Christian anti-Semitism paved the way for the Nazis, they clearly state, “Nazism itself was not an inevitable outcome of Christianity.” The document, “A Jewish Statement... [Read more...]
JUST INSERT YOUR “APOLOGY”
Blue Q Corporation sells refrigerator magnets. Unlike the ones sold in most stores, these ones tend to be one-of-a-kind magnets that make a humorous statement. For the most part, they are done in good taste. But we do have a problem with one magnet collection that features the Virgin Mary. There is a “Mix’ n Match” set that depicts a figure... [Read more...]
KNOW-NOTHING OATH UNCOVERED
A New Jersey man who dabbles in acquiring historical documents found by happenstance the oath taken by members of the Know-Nothing Party, the 19th century anti-Catholic nativist group. He turned the document over to professors at Boston College. “To defend our Republic Institutions against the encroachment of the Church of Rome…and its ignorant... [Read more...]
LIEBERMAN’S DECLARATIONS OF FAITH OFFER GRIST FOR POLITICAL MILL
Al Gore’s selection of Senator Joseph Lieberman was received well by most Americans. But when the Connecticut senator started invoking the name of God in his speeches, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and American Atheists got nervous. The ADL said the remarks given by Senator Lieberman at a Protestant church on August 27 were inappropriate: “Language... [Read more...]
“MALL CONFESSIONS”
In October, MTV, the popular youth rock cable TV channel, is offering its version of reality TV. “Mall Confessions” features teens who will reveal lurid sins in a “confessional.” When we first heard about this we didn’t like the sound of it, so Pat Scully gave MTV a ring. They were quite responsive and assured him that MTV was not trying... [Read more...]
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
The Catholic League has moved to 450 Seventh Avenue, right across the street from Macy’s and up the block from Madison Square Garden and Penn Station. We occupy the entire 34th floor on the corner of 34th Street and Seventh Avenue. Why the move? We’ve moved because we’ve run out of room at the Catholic Center of the Archdiocese of New York. ... [Read more...]
NO ONE’S CALLED
A new fashion group, Imitation of Christ, is buying old clothes from the Salvation Army and then “crucifying” them by putting stains on them, cutting them up, etc. They actually sell these filthy wares to rich kids who think it’s cool. When William Donohue was asked to comment on this, he told the New York Daily News“It’s a cheap way to... [Read more...]
POPE PIUS IX
By Robert P. Lockwood Pope Pius IX served as pope from 1846 to 1878, the longest and one of the most difficult pontificates in history. The modern caricature of his papacy surrounds his resistance to modern thinking as seen in the Syllabus of Errors that appeared to set the Church squarely against democratic ideals; and the “kidnapping” of Edgardo... [Read more...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE TO “POLITICALLY INCORRECT”: START BASHING GAYS OR QUIT BASHING CATHOLICS
The ABC network featured a segment of “Politically Incorrect” on September 9 that attacked Pope John Paul II. The offender was actor Jay Mohr. The offensive segment began when host Bill Maher set Mohr up by mentioning that there was a recent Vatican document on the Church and salvation. Mohr then attacked the pope: “The Vatican is some 80-year-old... [Read more...]