TRUMP CHAMPIONS PRO-LIFE CAUSE
Bill Donohue comments on President Trump’s address at the March for Life in Washington, D.C. To watch, click here.
TRUMP CHAMPIONS PRO-LIFE CAUSE
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on President Trump's decision to address the March for Life crowd: Other presidents have offered their support to the pro-life cause, but only President Donald Trump has decided to [...]
CELEB DEFENSE LAWYERS MAKE GOOD POINTS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on celebrity lawyers and the cogent points they make: One does not have to like Bill Cosby or Harvey Weinstein (I fought with the latter for decades) to like [...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE SUBMISSION ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: RESPONSE TO PROPOSED FEDERAL RULEMAKING
Federal rulemaking directives afford the public an opportunity to weigh in on proposed changes to public policy; submissions must be forwarded 30 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register. On January 16, [...]
TRUMP’S RELIGIOUS LIBERTY REFORMS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on public policy reforms issued by the Trump administration on January 16: The public policy reforms governing religious liberty issued by the Trump administration are compelling and much needed. [...]
UTAH LAWMAKER STILL AT WAR WITH CATHOLICS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the Utah legislator who is at war with Catholics: Earlier this week, we contacted the Speaker of the House in the Utah legislature, Rep. Brad R. Wilson, expressing [...]
SETH MEYERS LIKES NEO-NAZI TACTICS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on remarks made last night by Seth Meyers on his NBC show: Brooklyn has been hit with a wave of anti-Semitic attacks, and no one uses this as a [...]
CELEBRATING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DAY: OBAMA vs. TRUMP
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Religious Freedom Day, comparing the record of President Trump to that of President Obama on this issue: The Catholic League's interest in the public policy arena is first [...]
UTAH HOUSE SPEAKER OPPOSES CONFESSIONAL BILL
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the response of the Utah House Speaker to yesterday's news release: Yesterday, we asked those who receive our emails to contact the Utah Speaker of the House, Rep. [...]
SECULAR ELITES LIKE HBO’S “THE NEW POPE”
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the HBO film, "The New Pope," which starts tonight: HBO previously treated us to "The Young Pope," and tonight it is ready to roll out its new mini-series, [...]
CONFESSIONAL SEAL AT RISK IN UTAH
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a bill that targets the Confessional seal: Utah Rep. Angela Romero, a Democrat, is sponsoring a bill that would gut the seal of Confession. She maintains that it [...]
GEORGETOWN’S PITIFUL CONFERENCE ON ABUSE
William A. Donohue In November, a report was released based on the proceedings of a Georgetown University event that took place in June. Titled, "National Convening on Lay Leadership for a Wounded Church and Divided [...]
JOURNALISTIC MALPRACTICE
William A. Donohue In early October, within a period of 24 hours, two prominent secular media outlets, and one prominent religious media outlet, ran stories on the Catholic Church that were classic examples of journalistic [...]
MISSOURI AG PLAYS POLITICS
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has issued a 185-page report on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church committed by priests, deacons, seminarians, and nuns. The Attorney General's office reviewed more than 2,000 files on priests [...]
ROOT CAUSE OF MASS SHOOTINGS IS ROOTLESSNESS
When the two mass shootings took place in August, it was distressing to listen to all the chatter about Republicans and Democrats being blamed for what happened. Most of the talk is pure bunk. At [...]
CLERGY ABUSE SURVEY SHOWS MEDIA INFLUENCE
William A. Donohue The Pew Research Center released the findings of a new survey recently on Catholic clergy sexual abuse. Most were predictable, but some were not. The survey found that 8 in 10 Americans [...]
HOW MUCH DO I OWE OPRAH?
Many Democrats running for president endorse reparations to African Americans because their ancestors were enslaved. Before we go any further, I want to know how much I owe Oprah. The idea of reparations for African [...]
BENEDICT XVI ANALYZES ROOTS OF THE SCANDAL
William A. Donohue Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has released a lengthy essay on the roots of clergy sexual abuse that is illuminating and courageous. It is illuminating because he shows how forces inside and outside [...]
WHY I WROTE COMMON SENSE CATHOLICISM
William A. Donohue When I was in the Air Force, in the late 1960s, I became interested in politics. It was a turbulent time, and this was certainly true of California, where I was stationed. [...]
THE PERILS OF SENTIMENTALISM
Bill Donohue To be sentimental about certain things in life is not only normal, it is admirable. But sentimentalism is different. One of the definitions found in The Free Dictionary defines it as "excessive indulgence [...]
STANDING FAST FOR PRIESTS’ RIGHTS
William A. Donohue The average detainee in Guantanamo Bay has more rights than the average accused priest in America does today. Those who doubt this to be true can begin by naming all of the [...]
Catholic group calls Seth Meyers ‘sick’ after church attack joke
Bill In The News (Owen Sound Sun Times): Seth Meyers has incurred the wrath of the leading officials at the Catholic League after joking about a bizarre attack at a Brooklyn church. The joke enraged [...]
In our opinion: Eliminating clergy-penitent privilege raises First Amendment red flags
Bill In The News (Deseret News): This week the Catholic League came out strongly against proposed legislation in Utah aiming to eliminate an exemption for clergy when it comes to reporting confidential confessions detailing abuse. As others have [...]
Catholic League, Utah House Speaker oppose bill to remove clergy exemption for reporting child abuse
Bill In The News (Daily Herald): A Utah bill that would remove reporting exemptions for clergy or other religious leaders who learn of child abuse during a confessional is facing opposition, both within and outside [...]
Utah bill requiring clergy to report child abuse confessions draws criticism
Bill In The News (KUTV, Utah): An organization dedicated to defending and protecting the Catholic Church is speaking out against a new bill that is set to be discussed in Utah's 2020 Legislative session. President [...]
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Mocked the Nativity Scene…and Boston Sports Fans
Bill In the News (Newsbusters): It's not surprising that ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live would think it's high-larious to make fun of Nativity scene. Catholic League president Bill Donohue made the case that Kimmel probably wouldn't consider [...]
Bloomberg Foundation Has Given More Than $13 Million to Planned Parenthood
Bill In The News (CBN News): The foundation set up by new Democrat presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has been donating millions of dollars to the nation’s leading abortion provider, Planned Parenthood. In a recent column [...]
Surge of new abuse claims threatens church like never before
Bill In The News (AP): AP interviews with more than a dozen lawyers and clergy abuse watchdog groups offered a wide range of estimates but many said they expected at least 5,000 new cases against [...]
Bloomberg Is No ‘Moderate’ On Abortion, Religious Liberty And Guns
Bill In The News (ConservativeHQ): As soon as former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg entered the race for President as a “moderate” Democrat he began to abandon any pretense of being a moderate, even going [...]
Questions Of Faith: Exclusive Survey of Catholic Church Employees
Bill In The News (NBC Connecticut): NBC Owned Television Stations across the country conducted an anonymous survey of Catholic Church employees. The results provide a unique perspective on how Catholics in America are served by their [...]
Inside Catholic Church, Many Satisfied With Response to Clergy Abuse, NBC Survey Finds
Bill In The News (NBC Boston): Revelations of clergy abuse have shaken many Catholics across the country, including in Massachusetts, where 17 years ago, journalists exposed a wide-ranging effort by local church leaders to cover [...]
Special Reports
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 [...]
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 [...]
Annual Reports
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 [...]
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 [...]
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Bill Donohue Comments On March for Life
Bill Donohue Comments On President Trump's appearance at the March for Life in Washington, D.C. To watch click here.
CELEB DEFENSE LAWYERS MAKE GOOD POINTS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on celebrity lawyers and the cogent points they make: One does not have to like Bill Cosby or Harvey Weinstein (I fought with the [...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE SUBMISSION ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: RESPONSE TO PROPOSED FEDERAL RULEMAKING
Federal rulemaking directives afford the public an opportunity to weigh in on proposed changes to public policy; submissions must be forwarded 30 days after the date of publication in the [...]