On July 1, the National Organization for Women (NOW) announced that Kim Gandy was elected the new president of the organization. We told the press that this was not an auspicious moment for Catholics. But before doing so, we demonstrated how absurd it was for anyone to claim that Gandy speaks for women. NOW claims to represent 145 million women in the... [Read more...]
POPE IS ANTICHRIST?
On Interstate 5 near Medford, Oregon, is a billboard that reads, “The Pope is the Antichrist.” The Catholic League got involved by joining with local Catholics to protest the sign. A spokesman for the owner of the billboard, Outdoor Media Dimensions, initially said he wasn’t sure whether he would post any more anti-Catholic messages once... [Read more...]
PRAY FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
Ray Flynn is the former Mayor of Boston and former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican. He is also a proud and courageous Catholic who is not afraid to speak his mind. Recently, when the Boston Globe launched another one of its missiles at Bernard Cardinal Law, Ray wrote a letter to the publisher taking the newspaper to task. His letter was printed but... [Read more...]
STEM CELL ISSUE OVERHEATS; MEDIA TAPS CATHOLIC LEAGUE
The Catholic League’s presence in the debate on stem cell research was evident in the pages of the New York Times and on TV shows like “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” “Crossfire” and “Imus in the Morning”; Fox News Channel and UPN also carried league commentary on this issue. When the Catholic League issues a... [Read more...]
TNT SHOW, “WITCHBLADE,” SMEARS CATHOLICISM
The July 10th episode of the TNT show, “Witchblade,” smeared Catholicism with an historically unfair portrayal of the role of Pope Pius XII during the Holocaust. The script dealt with a New York City policewoman, Sara Pezzini, who exercises special powers given to her by the magical witchblade (an instrument originally possessed by the... [Read more...]
UNMASKING MORE ABORTION LIES
The pro-abortion crowd likes to say that before Roe v. Wade, there were 1 million abortions per year. Not so says Dr. Michael Flanagan. Consider that we know as fact that in 1967 there were 100 abortion-related deaths due to illegal abortions. Now if there were 1 million abortions, “then the so-called back street butchers were a very skilled... [Read more...]
WHY THE RIGHT REMEDY MATTERS
It is not enough to have the right intention. Nor is it enough to choose the right side of a controversial issue. Having the right remedy matters. Consider what happened over the summer in Fort Wayne, Indiana, regarding the play, “Corpus Christi.” The Terrence McNally play is based on a Christ-like figure, Joshua, who is portrayed as having... [Read more...]