Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) wouldn’t exist were it not for the anti-Catholic bigots at the Ford Foundation and other centers of Catholic bashing in the philanthropic world. Whenever CFFC gets money dumped on it, new positions become available. That is why over the summer CFFC was advertising for a Director of International Programs, Director... [Read more...]
MAINE’S SEX COPS
Monique Dostie runs a group home for the mentally retarded in Lewiston, Maine. Her house rules include a prohibition on pornography and sexual activity, a condition that none of her residents object to. Indeed, some of their guardians deliberately chose to put them in Dostie’s home because they liked her house rules. But the bureaucrats thinks differently... [Read more...]
NEVILLE PUBLIC MUSEUM OFFENDS CATHOLICS
On July 2, the Neville Public Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin, began displaying an art exhibit of paintings and sculpture by Norbert Kox entitled, “To Hell and Back.” It features the following: a) the Virgin Mary depicted as the “Great Harlot” b) Christ labeled the “Son of Perdition” c) God the Father represented as... [Read more...]
OPEN MINDS” CAN BE A VACUUM PIT
When recently asked by a reporter why there is such tolerance for anti-Catholicism, I offered that nothing is worse in our society today than the thought of being branded close-minded, and this is especially true of the educated classes. That is why so many Catholics can’t summon the moral courage to defend their faith—they are deathly afraid of... [Read more...]
PETERSVOICE
One of our favorite websites is www.petersvoice.org. It features Catholic Video/Audio Broadcasting on the Internet, providing up-to-date information on Catholic issues. League members will be happy to learn that they can access speeches by William Donohue from this site. For more information, contact Kathleen Hunt at PetersVoice, 1390 Chain Bridge Road,... [Read more...]
PUSHING THE ENVELOPE
The fall lineup of TV shows promises to be the most vulgar in network history. This is no accident: as the following comments testify, many in this industry want to destroy all standards. The August 4 edition of “Entertainment Tonight” featured comments by William Donohue that stood in stark contrast to the remarks made by those in the entertainment... [Read more...]
ROSARY MARCH
The International Rosary March will conduct its sixth annual Rosary March on Saturday, October 2. The event is held in cities and towns around the world to honor Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary asking Her intercession to restore peace, morality and order in the world. For information on how to organize, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to International... [Read more...]
SOFT-CORE BIAS
Some expressions of bias are of the flagrant, in-your-face type, what can be called the hard-core version. Others are not so noticeable—they are more of the soft-core variety. But both are a problem, and while the latter may not be as offensive, in many ways it is more insidious. It certainly is more difficult to combat. Take, for instance, two recent... [Read more...]
SWEEPS WINNERS
The first prize winner of our summer sweepstakes was Sylvia Wilson of Roslyn, Pennsylvania; she won the lovely statue of Our Lady of Grace. Second prize went to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pappas of Whitmore Lake, Michigan; they won the statue of Our Infant of Prague. Third prize, a hand-painted plaque of Madonna, was claimed by Florence Werden of Hendersonville,... [Read more...]
TALK DEBUT CATCHES OUR EYE
Tina Brown, previously of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker, is no ordinary editor-in-chief: she now commands the much-ballyhooed magazine, Talk, and gets paid a handsome $50 million over 5 years for doing so. Nice work if you can get it. Tina is of interest to us for only one thing—she is being funded jointly by Miramax and Hearst Communications.... [Read more...]