PROFILE OF RADICAL SUPPORT FOR NYC MAYOR
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PROFILE OF RADICAL SUPPORT FOR NYC MAYOR
Bill Donohue June 19, 2025 The Democratic primary for the next mayor of New York City will be held June 24, and of the nine candidates, only two capture the attention of the voters: former [...]
TIME TO PROBE ABUSE IN NJ SCHOOLS
The duplicity of probing Catholic dioceses for the sexual abuse of minors, while allowing the public schools to run rampant, has recently been most evident in New Jersey. Here is our response. If you would [...]
CAMDEN BISHOP THROWS IN THE TOWEL
Bill Donohue June 17, 2025 For seven years, the Diocese of Camden fought attempts by the New Jersey Attorney General to empanel a grand jury to examine allegations of clergy sexual abuse extending back to [...]
WHY DO LEFTISTS STILL LOVE MASKS?
June 16, 2025 Bill Donohue This article originally appeared in the American Spectator. On March 24, anti-Jewish protesters showed up at Columbia University chanting, “Long live the intifada.” Many were wearing masks, and speakers urged [...]
CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE IN U.S. VIRTUALLY DISAPPEARS
June 13, 2025 Bill Donohue It’s too bad public school officials don’t convene a national seminar inviting Catholic officials and scholars to explain to them how to resolve the sexual abuse of minors that is [...]
CELEBRATE FIDELITY MONTH
June 13, 2025 Bill Donohue To some, June is Gay Pride Month, but to Catholics, and to traditionalists who belong to other religions, it is Fidelity Month. I was very pleased to participate in this [...]
LUTHERAN DENOMINATION IN FREE FALL
June 12, 2025 Bill Donohue As we have noted many times before, the more “progressive” a religious organization is, the fewer members it tends to have. This is certainly true of the Evangelical Lutheran Church [...]
TRANSGENDER CRISIS MARKS PRIDE MONTH: PART II
June 11, 2025 Bill Donohue In this second installment on the transgender crisis that marks Pride Month, we turn our attention to transgender activists and their sympathizers who are trying to destroy women’s rights. Segregation [...]
TRANSGENDER CRISIS MARKS PRIDE MONTH: PART I
June 10, 2025 Bill Donohue June is Pride Month, but this year, more than ever before, it is in everyone’s interest to confront the transgender crisis. In reality, there is no such thing as a [...]
FBI AND APPLE TV: TWIN CATHOLIC FOES
Bill Donohue Last week, new revelations about the FBI’s anti-Catholic spy ring emerged; it was operative under President Biden. We have been on this issue for years, having reached out to the chairmen of the [...]
POPE FRANCIS, R.I.P.
This is the article that appeared in the May 2025 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate [...]
THE QUEERING OF AMERICA
This is the article that appeared in the April 2025 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate [...]
CULTURAL CORRECTION LONG OVERDUE
This is the article that appeared in the January/February 2025 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate [...]
WE ARE WITNESSING A CULTURAL SHIFT
William A. Donohue Cultures change, sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly. The changes are sometimes positive, sometimes negative, sometimes a little of both. The reasons why they change are multiple. In short, there is no such thing [...]
REFLECTIONS ON THE ELECTION
This is the article that appeared in the December 2024 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate [...]
NEW YORK TIMES’ LYING “FACT-CHECKERS”
This is the article that appeared in the November 2024 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate [...]
TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT ABORTION
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OUR CULTURE OF COMFORTABLENESS
This is the article that appeared in the September 2024 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate [...]
WE ARE BADLY DIVIDED
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OUR PAMPERED ELITES
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Catholic Connection
Bill in the News (Catholic Connection): Bill discusses newly elected, Pope Leo XIV, with Teresa Tomeo. To listen, click here. (Bill’s Segment Begins at 50:55)
Catholic leaders respond to President Trump over AI image of himself as pope
Bill in the News (Catholic News Agency): In a news release, Bill Donohue, the president of the Catholic League, called the image “dumb, but not bigoted.” “What Trump did was silly, but it was hardly [...]
Bill Donohue to Newsmax: Next Pope Must Clear Up Confusion Left by Francis
Bill in the News (Newsmax): Donohue emphasized that "when people see that, they say, Wait a minute — can we get rid of this confusion, can we get some clarity here? Because we need a [...]
How Pope Francis’ history of criticizing Trump and embracing LGBTQ rights rankled conservative Catholics
Bill in the News (New York Post): Bill Donohue, president of the Manhattan-based Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, told The Post that Francis’s papacy will be eyed as a “net minus” because of [...]
Faith leaders reflect on Pope Francis’ death, papacy and lasting legacy: ‘Made his mark’
Bill in the News (Fox News): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, shared with Fox News Digital, "Catholics around the globe are mourning the death of Pope Francis. He touched millions of the faithful, [...]
Why Do Leftists Still Love Masks?
Bill in the News (American Spectator): Today, four percent of Americans still wear masks when going to stores and other businesses. Who are they? A recent Pew Research survey revealed that they are mostly Democrats. [...]
Paul Kengor: The ACLU’s religious ignorance
Bill in the News (TribLIVE): The ACLU of Massachusetts is challenging a decision by the city of Quincy to erect two statues of Catholic saints outside the public safety building. The saints are Florian and [...]
‘Hot Jesus’: Northwestern class is ‘anti-Christian bigotry,’ Catholic leader says
Bill in the News (The College Fix): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, criticized the course in a statement given to The Fix. He also shared with The Fix [...]
ACLU sues West Virginia for grant to Catholic trades college
Bill in the News (The College Fix): “In Everson v. Board of Education (1947), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that students who attended religious schools (in this instance they were Catholic schools) could receive public [...]
The Two Sides of the Dallas Charter
Bill in the News (First Things): .... At the same time, Donohue is fully aware of the damage that the Charter’s implementation has wrought on Catholic priests in the United States: “The average detainee in [...]
Special Reports
CATHOLIC LEAGUE ON CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM
Christian Bashers Rip Hegseth And Huckabee—November 15, 2024 Christianity Terrifies Secular Left—October 1, 2024 The Myth Of Christian Nationalist Violence Part II—September 4, 2024 The Myth Of Christian Nationalist Violence Part I—September 3, 2024 Vance’s [...]
DANGEROUS BALLOT INITIATIVE IN NEW YORK
There is a ballot initiative in New York State this November that is downright dangerous. Bill Donohue wrote a lengthy rebuttal and it is now available online in English and Spanish. It is also published [...]
PROBING CATHOLIC-RUN INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS
Bill Donohue On June 14, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a report on boarding schools for Native American children, some of which were run by the Catholic Church. From 1869 to [...]
Biden Admin LGBT Imperialism
For PDF version, click here. The following report examines the efforts undertaken by the Biden administration to advance the LGBT agenda around the globe. It begins by exploring the overarching policies that Biden has pursued. [...]
HARRIS AND TRUMP ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
[For the PDF version, click here.] Harris' Religious Liberty Record On February 14, 2021, Biden signed an executive order reestablishing the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. The Biden-Harris administration claims that this [...]
Catholic League Report: Biden Administration and Thought Control
No administration in American history has tried harder to promote thought control than the Biden administration. Orwellian at its finest, the goal is to induce the public to accept its highly politicized vocabulary as a [...]
GOV. ABBOTT MADE IMMIGRATION #1 ISSUE
Bill Donohue Whether one agrees with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to bus illegal aliens to sanctuary cities around the country or not, it is indisputable that he is responsible for making immigration the Number [...]
MEDICAL PROFESSION BOWS TO TRANSGENDERISM: PARTS I & II
To read how medical journals and associations have adopted the politics of transgenderism, click here. To read Part I, click here.
Catholic League Campaign Against The Dodgers
To read the special report on the Catholic League's campaign against the LA Dodgers click here.
SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE
Bill Donohue (A timeline of anti-Catholic actions committed by these bigots) 1979: This was the beginning of the Sisters. In San Francisco’s Castro District three men dressed in traditional nun’s habit walked the streets. One [...]
Annual Reports
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2024 YEAR IN REVIEW
Michael P. McDonald, Director of Communications For the PDF version, click here. 2024 will go down in American history as a pivotal year. The people standing for tradition, reason, and faith fought to reclaim their [...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2023 YEAR IN REVIEW
Catholic League For Religious And Civil Rights 2023 Year in Review Michael P. McDonald, Director of Communications For 50 years the Catholic League has led the charge in every major cultural battle, and in 2023, [...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2022 YEAR IN REVIEW
Catholic League For Religious And Civil Rights 2022 Year in Review Michael P. McDonald, Director of Communications The forces working to undermine the Catholic Church and our Judeo-Christian values doubled-down in 2022. One might expect [...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW
Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights 2021 Year in Review Michael P. McDonald, Director of Communications If one considers the hostility the Catholic Church and traditional Judeo-Christian values faced from the Biden Administration, corporations, [...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2020 YEAR IN REVIEW
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2020 YEAR IN REVIEW Bill Donohue When I became president and CEO of the Catholic League in 1993, the lion's share of anti-Catholic bigotry stemmed from the entertainment [...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2019 YEAR IN REVIEW
Bill Donohue When the year began, I was anxiously awaiting an opportunity to defend the Catholic Church in one of those storied debates sponsored by the Oxford Union. The debate was scheduled for February. But [...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2018 YEAR IN REVIEW
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2018 YEAR IN REVIEW Bill Donohue Victory is sweet, even if it takes what seems like an eternity to secure. In January, we protested the most obscene anti-Catholic [...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2017 YEAR IN REVIEW
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2017 YEAR IN REVIEW Bill Donohue "The election of Donald Trump may signal a change for the better on religious liberty issues. We will know in due course." [...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2016 YEAR IN REVIEW
Bill Donohue Twenty years ago, I wrote that "the most invidious form of anti-Catholicism is that which emanates from elite circles." I also noted that "there is also a brand of anti-Catholicism that comes from [...]
PREFACE
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The duplicity of probing Catholic dioceses for the sexual abuse of minors, while allowing the public schools to run rampant, has recently been most evident in New Jersey. Here is [...]
CAMDEN BISHOP THROWS IN THE TOWEL
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WHY DO LEFTISTS STILL LOVE MASKS?
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