ARCHBISHOP SMEARED AT U.N. EVENT
Catholic League president Bill Donohue invited University of Mississippi School of Law Professor Ronald Rychlak to address a serious issue at the United Nations. Professor Rychlak has lectured and authored works on Cardinal Stepinac; has [...]
“ALIENIST” GETS CRAZY
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the January 29 edition of the TNT show, "The Alienist": On last night's edition of "The Alienist," there was an exchange between a priest and a doctor—the latter [...]
MAKING CATHOLIC HOSPITALS ILLEGAL
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a demand that Catholic hospitals be made illegal: An editorial in today's New York Times posits a conflict between religion and healthcare, abortion being the main focus. "Freedom [...]
CONGRESS ASKED TO LAUNCH NEA PROBE
Catholic League president Bill Donohue is asking the House and Senate Subcommittees of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies—the unit of the Appropriations Committees that oversees the National Endowment for the Arts—to conduct a probe [...]
“SPRINGER OPERA” AND THE NEA CHAIRMAN
Catholic League president Bill Donohue has written to the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts about funding a grantee that is hosting "Jerry Springer: The Opera." To read it click here. Contact NEA [...]
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
Catholic League president Bill Donohue sent this letter to President Donald Trump today regarding yesterday's press conference on the National Endowment for the Arts.
HHS CRITICS GO OFF THE DEEP END
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how opponents reacted to several new religious freedom initiatives: The Trump administration's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took several welcome steps last week to roll back [...]
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 [...]
HBO REFUSES TO SANCTION MAHER
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Bill Maher's Friday night show: HBO chief Richard Plepler refuses to sanction Bill Maher, even though he was deluged with a petition in November by outraged Catholics protesting [...]
POPE ACCUSES ALLEGED VICTIMS OF SLANDER
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on remarks made by Pope Francis in Chile: "The day someone brings me proof against Bishop Barros, then I will talk," Pope Francis told the media. "But there is [...]
BOSTON GLOBE REFUSES TO NAME ABUSERS
William A. Donohue The Boston Globe has been the most merciless attack dog in the media condemning the Catholic Church for the sexual abuse scandal. But when it comes to dealing with its own scandals, [...]
FREDERICK DOUGLASS’ BIGOTED SIDE
William A. Donohue In schools all across America, Frederick Douglass is known as a former slave who became one of the nation's leading abolitionists; he was also a champion of women's rights. Not so well [...]
NUDGING THE NEW YORK TIMES
William A. Donohue When the Catholic League objects to anti-Catholic art, we are routinely labeled censors by the artistic community, but when some of their liberal colleagues object to art that offends them—such as treating [...]
MONUMENT MADNESS
William A. Donohue We live in strange times. Never before in American history have there been fewer victims of oppression, yet never before have more Americans laid claim to victim status. This is especially true [...]
TRUMP WAS RIGHT TO BLAME BOTH SIDES
William A. Donohue President Trump was right to call out the extremists on both sides of the Charlottesville tragedy, but more needs to be said about those on the Left who helped to bring it [...]
RASH OF INCIVILITY HAS DEEP ROOTS
The lead story in this issue of Catalyst is disturbing on many fronts. The rash of incivility is bad enough, but the uneven response to these moral outrages is also a serious problem. The etiology [...]
MAINSTREAMING MEANNESS
William A. Donohue Tony Alamo died on May 2nd. Stephen Colbert made headline news on May 3rd. Bill Maher made headline news on May 5th. Dan Savage was back in the news at the same [...]
VETTING CATHERINE CORLESS
William A. Donohue To the media in Ireland and England, and to some outlets in the United States, Catherine Corless is an Irish hero, a brave woman who uncovered a "mass grave" outside a Mother [...]
THOSE “EVIL” IRISH NUNS
William A. Donohue When it comes to women, men have learned to be careful not to sound sexist or condescending. If they are perceived as such, they will be stigmatized. There is one exception: they [...]
POLITICIZING THE CULTURE
William A Donohue Politics is everywhere, and it's getting out of control. We now have the likes of LeBron James and Serena Williams, two talented athletes, publicly taking up the cause of Black Lives Matter, [...]
NEA Funds Anti-Christian ‘Jerry Springer’ Play With Taxpayer Money
Bill in the news: Newsmax.com: The question being raised by Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, at his January 23 press conference is simple: if the government is forbidden from funding projects that promote religion, why [...]
Catholic League Notifies House Subcommittee of Potential NEA Funding Violations
Bill in the news: CNSNews.com: Catholic League President Bill Donohue notified the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Thursday that he is informing a House subcommittee of potential guideline violations by the NEA. In a letter [...]
Bill Donohue on Trump’s First Year
Bill in the news: Christian Review: Trump’s persona may be difficult to take, but his policies on many issues are a welcome change from the decisions rendered by the Obama administration. It is not even [...]
Bozell: NEA Must Withdraw Funding of Wildly Anti-Christian ‘Jerry Springer: The Opera’
Bill in the news: CNSNews.com: On Tuesday, Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell called on the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to withdraw its funding of “Jerry Springer: The Opera.” At the conclusion [...]
Calling Out Hollywood’s Phony #MeToo Crusade
Bill in the news: CNSNews.com: All the Hollywood gals, and many of the guys, are desperate to show how protective they are of women being exploited by men, but few of them mean it. If [...]
No, Catholicism Is Not Inclusive
Bill in the news: CNSNews.com: When the pastor of a rural Minnesota Catholic church learned that three male musicians each claimed to be married to a man, he dismissed them. When officials at a suburban [...]
Critics Should Follow Catholic Church’s Lead in Handling Sexual Misconduct
Bill in the news: CNSNews.com: The clergy sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church made headline news in 2002, even though most of the offenses took place from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. Over the [...]
Catholic League Boss Unimpressed With JAY-Z’s Church Video For Family Feud
Bill: In the News: People: Catholic League president Bill Donohue is far from happy – he didn’t even like the video’s 30-second teaser that was released before the full clip. “A video trailer is supposed [...]
Catholic League Slams Jay-Z’s ‘Family Feud’ Video as ‘Gratuitous,’ ‘Exploitative’
Bill In the News: The Wrap: “Is it anti-Catholic? No, it is not a bigoted assault. Indeed, it pales next to Jay-Z’s relentlessly racist (and anti-black) lyrics,” Catholic League president Bill Donohue concedes in the statement. [...]
Double Standard When It Comes to Sexual Harassment Reporting
Bill in the news: LifeZette: "The Ingraham Angle" on Monday night took the Globe to task on the hypocritical stance. Host Laura Ingraham noted that the Globe's reasoning for choosing not to reveal the name [...]
Special Reports
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 [...]
DONOHUE’S ROLE IN FBI-WEINER PROBE
Bill Donohue comments on his role in the FBI probe of Anthony Weiner: Two months ago to the day, I asked for an investigation of Anthony Weiner on suspicion of sexually abusing his four-year-old child, [...]
MOTHER TERESA EARNED SAINTHOOD
Bill Donohue explains why Mother Teresa deserves sainthood: On September 4, Blessed Mother Teresa will forever be known as Saint Mother Teresa. I know of no one in my lifetime, save for Saint John Paul [...]
BBC, CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND SEXUAL ABUSE
Bill Donohue has written an in-depth analysis of sexual abuse at the BBC, and the BBC’s coverage of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. He explains the similarities and dissimilarities, focusing on why the scandals [...]
When the Pope Tried to Kill Hitler
Church of Spies: The Pope’s Secret War Against Hitler by Mark Riebling Basic Books, New York, 2015 375 pages, $29.99. Ronald J. Rychlak Pope Pius XII and the Nazis: far too many writers have wandered [...]
SHINING THE LIGHT ON “SPOTLIGHT”
Bill Donohue The movie "Spotlight" is bound to spark more conversation about the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. Unfortunately, much of what the American public knows about this issue is derived from the [...]
POPE FRANCIS QUOTES ON KEY ISSUES
Abortion "It is God who gives life. Let us respect and love human life, especially vulnerable life in a mother's womb." "A pregnant woman isn't carrying a toothbrush in her belly, or a tumor…We are [...]
MEDIA GUIDE TO PHONY CATHOLIC GROUPS
To read how these 15 dissident organizations are falsely marketing themselves as truly Catholic entities, click here.
Annual Reports
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 [...]
Education
February 9 Yulee, FL – A student at Yulee High School ended the school's morning announcement with "God Bless America." This caused the American Humanist Association to contact the school and the Nassau County School [...]
Government
February 3 Gresham, OR – The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries found Aaron and Melissa Klein, who run a bakery, guilty of discrimination for refusing to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple [...]
Media
October 2 Roseburg, OR – Here is what Chris Harper-Mercer said to his victims just before he killed them at Umpqua Community College: "Are you Christian?" After they stood up he said, "Good, because you're [...]
Papal Visit
The most historic Catholic event of the year was Pope Francis' visit to the United States. While it occasioned much goodwill, and overall very fair media coverage, there were some notable exceptions. A selection will be [...]
Most Shared Posts
VILE OPERA SPARKS REVOLT; PRESS CONFERENCE HELD
"Jerry Springer: The Opera" is the most obscene anti-Christian play ever performed; it is particularly targeted at Catholicism. It is coming to off-Broadway on January 23rd. That is also the [...]
TRUMP SCORES
A comparison between President Donald Trump's first year in office on the issue of religious liberty, and that of his predecessor, President Barack Obama, showed a considerable difference: religious rights [...]
BOSTON GLOBE REFUSES TO NAME ABUSERS
William A. Donohue The Boston Globe has been the most merciless attack dog in the media condemning the Catholic Church for the sexual abuse scandal. But when it comes to [...]
“JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA”
Bill Donohue "Jerry Springer: The Opera" debuted in 2002 at the Edinburgh Festival, and then moved to London's west end in 2003. After two years, it began a U.K. tour, [...]












