WHY DID BIDEN NIX GOD IN PRAYER ADDRESS?
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on President Joe Biden's National Day of Prayer address: President Biden raised more than eyebrows when he omitted any mention of God in his National Day of Prayer proclamation. [...]
BIDEN’S BORDER PROBLEM IS EXPLODING
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on President Biden's border problem: President Biden is getting high marks for his overall performance, but if there is one issue that is dogging him, it is the crisis [...]
CALIFORNIA BILL IS ANTI-CATHOLIC AND ANTI-POOR
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on legislation that would limit the healthcare options of many Californians: The California State Senate is moving at full speed to pass the Equitable and Inclusive UC Healthcare Act. [...]
ETHICS OF FETAL RESEARCH UNDER BIDEN
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the Biden administration's biological ethics: Two years ago, a jury awarded $58 million in damages to ten plaintiffs after finding that the Phoenix-based Biological Resource Center had deceived [...]
DISNEY’S ANTI-BIAS CAMPAIGN EXCLUDES CATHOLICS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how Disney has treated Catholics vis-a-vis other segments of the population: Disney is apologizing left and right for what it says are its bigoted portrayals of many groups. [...]
SHOULD BIDEN BE GIVEN COMMUNION?
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the controversy over President Biden receiving Communion: Should President Joe Biden be given Communion? That's not for the Catholic League to say. Our job is to defend the [...]
SCHOOL CHOICE PROMOTES SOCIAL JUSTICE
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on promoting social justice through school choice: As Catholics, we are called to support a preferential option for the poor. While some may debate what is the best way [...]
BIDEN DID NOT SPEAK TO THE FAITHFUL
Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented on President Biden's speech last night: In his address to the Congress, President Biden spoke to many of his constituents, mostly in the way of promising an expansion of [...]
“HATE AMERICA” CAMPAIGN IS IN HIGH GEAR
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on our most serious problem: The United States is beset with numerous problems, though none as serious as teaching students and workers why they should hate America. It is [...]
OPEN LETTER TO WISCONSIN ATTORNEY GENERAL
To read Catholic League president Bill Donohue's open letter to Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on his planned investigation of priestly sexual abuse. To read it, click here. Contact: josh.kaul@doj.state.wi.us
WE LOST TWO GREAT MEDIA VOICES
William A. Donohue Last December, I told staff members that I don't think Larry King or Rush Limbaugh will be with us much longer. From what I had been reading, their days were numbered. Regrettably, [...]
ASSAULTS ON CATHOLICS SPIKE
William A. Donohue In the December edition of "President's Desk," I wrote a piece titled, "Buckle Your Seat Belts—Again." I referenced a "President's Desk" essay I wrote in December 2008 wherein I noted that we [...]
THUGGERY IS CHIC
It is a myth to maintain that the First Amendment guarantees the right of the people to assemble. It does not. It guarantees "the right of the people peaceably to assemble." The adverb was penned [...]
BUCKLE YOUR SEAT BELTS—AGAIN
Here is a portion of how I began my "President's Desk" essay in the December 2008 edition of Catalyst. "We have been in the throes of a culture war for the past half-century, but never [...]
THE SELF-IDENTITY SCAM
William A. Donohue To prove his own existence, Descartes famously said, "I think, therefore I am." To prove their own identity, we now have people saying, "I identify as X, therefore I am X." In [...]
OUR ELITES HAVE FAILED US
William A. Donohue Where does all the hatred come from? Beginning in the spring, we have seen violent thugs take to the streets from Lancaster to Los Angeles. They have killed cops, murdered innocent bystanders, [...]
THE TRUTH ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER
William A. Donohue Over the summer, Raymond Arroyo interviewed me a couple of times on his EWTN show, "The World Over." On one occasion he asked me what I thought about Black Lives Matter. "There [...]
THE BANE OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
William A. Donohue "Confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others." That dictionary definition of self-righteousness aptly describes the way so many people have behaved [...]
THE CRACKUP OF THE CHATTERING CLASS
William A. Donohue For almost four decades, I have given countless interviews to reporters and have appeared on thousands of television and radio shows. Most of the people I have met have been wonderful; others [...]
THE POWER OF PRAYER
William A. Donohue The coronavirus pandemic led to thousands of deaths, overrun mortuaries, untold suffering, burnt-out hospital staff, economic hardship, and psychological distress. It also gave millions a time to renew their faith, or come [...]
Catholic League Decries Rise of ‘Polite Persecution’ of Christians in the West
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue warns "that Christians who live in North America and Europe face an increasingly hostile secularism hidden beneath a cloak of progress and new 'rights.'" READ [...]
Catholic League Decries Maxine Waters’ ‘War on Cops’
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue slams "Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) Monday for her attempts 'to racially divide America' by waging a war on police." READ MORE HERE
Catholic League: Joe Biden Has a ‘Seriously Strained’ Relationship with the U.S. Bishops
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue argues "that President Biden has a serious problem with the U.S. bishops, which is not going away." READ MORE HERE
Catholic League: Sex Transitioning Kids Is ‘Child Abuse’
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue warns that "enabling children who want to change their sex is a form of child abuse and causes 'incalculable' damage." READ MORE HERE
Left-Wing Catholics Call Pope Francis a ‘Hypocrite’ over Ban on Gay Union Blessings
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue notes "that many left-wing Catholics had confused the pope’s respect for the dignity of every person, regardless of their sexual proclivities, with approval for homosexual [...]
LGBTQ Catholics stung by Vatican rebuff of same-sex unions
Bill In The News (AP): Catholic League president Bill Donohue welcomes the Vatican's ban on the blessing of same sex civil unions "calling Monday’s statement 'the most decisive rejection of those efforts ever written.'" READ [...]
Vatican bars gay union blessing, says God ‘can’t bless sin’
Bill In The News (Boston Herald): Catholic League president Bill Donohue praised a Vatican decision that prohibits the blessing of same sex unions "as a decisive, non-negotiable 'end of story' declaration...." READ MORE HERE
Joe Biden’s Pro-Abortion OMB Nominee Neera Tanden Withdrawn, She Tried to Make Nuns Fund Abortions
Bill In The News (LifeNews): Catholic League president Bill Donohue has previously criticized Biden's nominee for OMB Neera Tanden’s abortion advocacy, and she has now withdrawn her nomination. READ MORE HERE
Catholic League: Joe Biden Is ‘the Kind of Catholic the New York Times Loves’
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue underscores "the Left’s 'obsession' with Joe Biden’s Catholicism... asserting he 'doesn’t connect the dots between his faith and his public policy decisions.'" READ MORE HERE
Rep. Taylor Greene Urges Lawmakers To Oppose ‘Unconstitutional’ Equality Act
Bill In The News (One America News): Catholic League president Bill Donohue warns "virtually every religious institution 'would be expected to fall in line with this radical legislation.'" READ MORE HERE
Special Reports
Religious Persecution in China
To read our report on human rights violations in China, click here.
THE ACLU AT 100
The American Civil Liberties Union was founded by Roger Baldwin on January 20, 1920. The ACLU scheduled a Centennial Gala for March 31, 2020, but had to cancel it because of Covid restrictions. Catholic League [...]
REFUTACIÓN DEL INFORME DEL GRAN JURADO DE PENNSYLVANIA
Bill Donohue, Ph.D. Presidente Liga Católica para los Derechos Civiles y Religiosos 16 de agosto de 2018 A diferencia de la mayoría de los comentaristas y reporteros, he leído la mayor parte del informe del [...]
PENNSYLVANIA GRAND JURY REPORT DEBUNKED
Bill Donohue, Ph.D. President Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights August 16, 2018 Unlike most commentators and reporters, I have read most of the Pennsylvania grand jury report. The purpose of this statement is [...]
The Catholic Church and Sexual Abuse
To read Bill Donohue's analysis of the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church that appeared in an international social science journal, click here.
NYS CHILD VICTIMS ACT IS FLAWED
Catholic League president Bill Donohue explains the flaws in the Child Victims Act, a measure included in this year's budget by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. It is being widely distributed to lawmakers, bishops, and [...]
PRESS CONFERENCE ON “JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA”
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an anti-Christian play that previews on January 23: On January 23, "Jerry Springer: The Opera," a New Group production, will preview at the Pershing Square Signature Center, an [...]
SEXUAL DEVIANTS AND ENABLERS – PARTS I & II
PART I MEN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WHO HAVE A RECORD OF ANTI-CATHOLIC OFFENSES ENTERTAINMENT: Ben Affleck—After speaking out against Weinstein, the Oscar winner became the subject of his own sex assault narrative [...]
THE WAR AGAINST CARDINAL PELL
Bill Donohue, Ph.D. President Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights July 20, 2017 Meet the Accusers Cardinal George Pell's appearance before a Melbourne court on July 26 will be watched carefully all over the [...]
SNAP IMPLODES
Bill Donohue The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) has been sued before, and while it has been hurt by those filings, the latest one suggests the end is near. It can't come [...]
Annual Reports
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
By any index, we had a very good year in 2015. That is largely due to our employees, and to our members who make it happen. We are fortunate to have a very competent staff. [...]
Executive Summary
The Catholic event of the year—at least for Americans—was also the Catholic League event of the year, namely, the pope's historic visit to Washington, D.C., New York City, and Philadelphia. Pope Francis electrified the nation, [...]
Activist Organizations
January In 2013, Rebecca Randles, an attorney who works with supreme Catholic-suing lawyer Jeffrey Anderson, sued Bill Donohue and the Catholic League for allegedly libeling a man who had made accusations against a priest in [...]
The Arts
March Grants Pass, OR – Jim Ingraham's picture was selected as the Caveman Camera Club's image of the month for March. Given the theme of "contradiction,'' Ingraham shot a photograph he titled "Bad Nun." The [...]
Charlie Hebdo Controversy
A week into the new year saw the horrible death of 12 people, most of whom worked at the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo; a police officer was among the dead. The weekly publication is [...]
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BIDEN’S BORDER PROBLEM IS EXPLODING
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CALIFORNIA BILL IS ANTI-CATHOLIC AND ANTI-POOR
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ETHICS OF FETAL RESEARCH UNDER BIDEN
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