25 YEARS AND COUNTING
July 1st marked my 25th anniversary as president and CEO of the Catholic League. It's been a great run, and I am not about to pack it in. On July 18, I turned 71. Fortunately, [...]
POPEYES RUNS ADS ON SAMANTHA BEE’S SHOW
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on last night's TBS show, "Full Frontal": After airing reruns for three consecutive weeks, "Full Frontal" returned last night with a new episode. No one will forget what Samantha [...]
UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME IS A PIPEDREAM
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the latest misguided program to help the poor: The greatest enemy of the poor are those who champion their cause. It sounds counterintuitive. How can this be? Because [...]
ARTISTIC COMMUNITY FRETS OVER KKK ART
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how the artistic community is responding to a portrait of the Klan: Quiz: Which of the following represents hate speech? a) a depiction of Klansmen at a gathering [...]
AMERICANS DO NOT SUPPORT ROE v. WADE
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the polling results of two surveys on abortion: As a social scientist who has analyzed and written about polling data for many years, I am always taken aback [...]
ARE THERE TOO MANY JEWS ON THE SUPREME COURT?
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an article about Catholic representation on the Supreme Court: Are there too many Jews on the Supreme Court? Just raising the question is enough to raise eyebrows. In [...]
LOVING ABORTION MEANS LYING ABOUT IT
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on remarks made about abortion in the wake of President Trump's pick of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court: Most Americans who defend abortion rights are conflicted over [...]
FOUR REASONS WHY KAVANAUGH IS A GREAT PICK
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Judge Brett Kavanaugh's suitability for the U.S. Supreme Court: All four of President Trump's short list of Supreme Court nominees were splendid selections. Congratulations to his top choice, [...]
BILL MAHER CALLS OUT BILL DONOHUE
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on recent remarks made by Bill Maher: On July 8, HBO aired a stand-up comedy special, "Bill Maher: Live From Oklahoma." As usual, Maher took shots at Catholicism, but [...]
IF BARRETT IS PICKED, TWO SENATORS SHOULD BAIL
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the possibility of President Trump picking Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the high court: If President Trump chooses to nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Supreme Court [...]
MARX’S BLOODY LEGACY
William A. Donohue May 5th marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. He is being celebrated by those who are horrified by Hitler, which makes their opposition to genocide phony. What Marx [...]
DOLORES GRIER—CHAMPION OF THE UNBORN
William A. Donohue On February 22, we lost a good one. Dolores Grier was one of the most committed Catholics I ever met, and one of the nation's strongest defenders of the rights of the [...]
LYING BY THE NUMBERS
Whenever there is a serious social problem, the media turn to experts to diagnose it and provide data. As it turns out, many of these persons are not experts at all—they are activists seeking to [...]
HAPPINESS ELUDES COLLEGE STUDENTS
William A. Donohue The most popular course at Yale these days—enrolling 1,200 students (they had to move the class to a huge building)—is called Psychology and the Good Life. It's not just Yale where courses [...]
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 [...]
As McCarrick spotlight grows, is revoking honors sensitivity or whitewash?
Bill In The News (Crux): Meanwhile, the president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, Bill Donohue, told Crux that he was less concerned by colleges and universities rescinding honors than he was government forcing [...]
When it Comes to Tipping Left Kills Workers With Kindness
Bill In The News (Newsmax): Bill Donohue, CEO of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, says the left is simply naturally selfish. While they repeatedly champion the cause of the poor and downtrodden, [...]
Bill Maher challenged to ‘get into the ring’ by Catholic League president
Bill In The News (Washington Times): Catholic League President Bill Donohue says it’s time for comedian Bill Maher to “get into the ring” over his continued references to an challenge. Mr. Donohue is fighting mad over the comedian’s Sunday’s HBO standup [...]
Catholic League Prez Slams Justice Sotomayor for ‘Duplicity’ in Travel Ban Case
Bill In the News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue has denounced Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor for comments she made Tuesday accusing her colleagues on the court of duplicity in their recent ruling in [...]
Suburban D.C. School System Changes ‘Biological Sex’ to ‘Sex Assigned at Birth’
Bill In The News (CNSNews.com): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, commented on the changes, writing in a column, “The list of changes reads like a page out of the gay rights agenda, so thoroughly [...]
Virginia Parents Overwhelmingly Reject Gender Ideology-Based Sex Ed
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights in the United States, weighed in on the Fairfax County FLE advisory committee’s recommendation to omit clergy from [...]
Catholic League: SCOTUS Cakeshop Ruling Big Loss for ‘Gay Bullies’
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue said Monday that the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case was a “smashing victory for religious liberty” and a bruising defeat for [...]
Catholic League: Muslim-Run Nations ‘Crush’ Religious Liberty
Bill In The News (Breitbart): In most Muslim-majority nations, “religious liberty is either crushed altogether or it barely exists,” wrote Catholic League president Bill Donohue Monday. Commenting on the findings of the U.S. State Department’s [...]
Samantha Bee apologizes for Ivanka Trump remark as TV Academy shuts press out of ceremony honoring her
Bill In The News (Los Angeles Times): Catholic League President Bill Donohue issued a statement ahead of the ceremony, calling for Bee’s removal from the list of honorees. “The only social change she is inspiring [...]
Samantha Bee to Be Honored by TV Academy One Day After Calling Ivanka Trump ‘C**T’ on TBS
Bill In The News (CNSNews.com): Catholic League President Bill Donohue has issued a statement calling on the Television Academy to drop Bee from its honorees – and Americans to demand that it do so – [...]
Special Reports
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
As McCarrick spotlight grows, is revoking honors sensitivity or whitewash?
Bill In The News (Crux): Meanwhile, the president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, Bill Donohue, told Crux that he was less concerned by colleges and universities rescinding honors [...]
25 YEARS AND COUNTING
July 1st marked my 25th anniversary as president and CEO of the Catholic League. It's been a great run, and I am not about to pack it in. On July [...]
POPEYES RUNS ADS ON SAMANTHA BEE’S SHOW
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on last night's TBS show, "Full Frontal": After airing reruns for three consecutive weeks, "Full Frontal" returned last night with a new episode. No [...]
UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME IS A PIPEDREAM
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the latest misguided program to help the poor: The greatest enemy of the poor are those who champion their cause. It sounds counterintuitive. [...]
