NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE FEELS IRE OF CATHOLIC LEAGUE
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the initial success of efforts to protect religious liberty in North Dakota: Yesterday, I sent a letter to the North Dakota legislature regarding SB 2180. This legislation would [...]
NORTH DAKOTA BILL TARGETS CATHOLICS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a threat to religious liberty in North Dakota: We've been down this road before: state lawmakers seeking to bust the seal of the confessional. At every juncture, when [...]
BEN & JERRY’S/KAEPERNICK ARE DISABLING BLACKS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how African American youth are being upended by their so-called allies: There is no racial or ethnic group in American history that has made significant socio-economic success without [...]
CELEBRATE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DAY
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Religious Freedom Day: On January 16, 1993, Congress passed a resolution recognizing Religious Freedom Day. It was proclaimed to celebrate the passage of the First Amendment's guarantee of [...]
ACLU ATTACKS TRUMP’S FREE SPEECH
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the American Civil Liberties Union's (ACLU) call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump: Over the weekend, on January 9th, the ACLU's board of directors met to discuss [...]
FREE SPEECH UNDER ASSAULT
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the latest attacks on freedom of speech: The censoring of Parler by Amazon, Google and Apple is the most serious assault on freedom of speech we have ever [...]
WHO IS GUILTY OF INCITING RIOTS?
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on who is responsible for recent examples of mob violence: In the wake of the storming of the Capitol, many are blaming President Trump for the violence. Of course, [...]
ALL RIOTERS ARE A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY
Catholic League president Bill Donohue released the following statement today: As philosopher Sidney Hook cogently said, there can be no right to a revolution in a democracy. That is because the faith of everyone who [...]
HOW CATHOLIC ARE CONGRESSIONAL CATHOLICS?
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Catholics in the new Congress: In the 117th Congress, Catholics comprise 30% of the seats, the largest of any religious affiliation. Moreover, both the Speaker of the House [...]
2020 YEAR IN REVIEW
The Catholic League's 2020 Year in Review is now available. It contains an overview of some of our most important battles and victories over the last year. To read it, click here.
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 [...]
ABORTION’S SATANIC TOUCH
Animals have no rights—they cannot be held morally responsible for their behavior—but they certainly deserve our respect. Indeed, those who abuse them should be punished: animal cruelty should never be tolerated. It should be axiomatic [...]
THE REAL WHITE-BLACK DIVIDE
What separates whites and blacks the most these days is not race or class, it's religion. But don't expect to hear this from commentators or scholars. That's because most of them are well-educated white people, [...]
MEDIA MAKE UP DIRT THEY CANNOT FIND
A recent NBC poll of Catholics who work for the Church found that 64 percent do not believe the media have been fair in their coverage of the clergy sexual abuse scandal. If you want [...]
North Dakota Lawmakers Push Bill to Break the Religious Seal of the Confessional
Bill in the News (CNS News): In a Jan. 20 letter to the lawmakers, Catholic League President Bill Donohue wrote, "Your interest in violating the constitutional rights of the priest-penitent privilege is duly noted. ... The [...]
Catholic League: Censoring of Parler Worst Assault ‘Ever’ on Free Speech
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue said Monday that Big Tech’s censoring of Parler is “the most serious assault on freedom of speech we have ever seen by private companies in [...]
The National Catholic Reporter Calls for Reprisals against Catholic Trump Supporters
Bill In The News (Crisis Magazine): But since the NCR beat is all-knowing commentary on all-things Catholic, they howl, “Catholic apologists for Trump have blood on their hands.” Only a journalistic logic driven by hatred [...]
Leftwing National Catholic Reporter: ‘Catholic Apologists for Trump Have Blood on Their Hands’
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League President Bill Donohue, however, saw it differently and asked Friday who is actually “guilty of inciting riots?” In the wake of the storming of the Capitol, many are blaming President [...]
“THE WORLD OVER” WITH RAYMOND ARROYO
Bill Donohue discusses recent events in Washington, D.C. with Raymond Arroyo on "The World Over" . To watch click here.
Catholic League: ‘The Left Always Screws the Poor’
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League President Bill Donohue points out that "history's great irony [is] that 'no segment of society punishes the poor more than those who champion their cause.'" READ MORE HERE
Catholic League Drops Brutal Truth Bomb About the Left
Bill In The News (The Western Journal): Donohue’s Op-Ed perfectly describes the modern-day left. READ MORE HERE
Catholic Coalition Challenges Georgia Senate Candidate Jon Ossoff on Religious Persecution
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League President Bill Donohue comments on "Mr. Biden’s choice of 'pro-abortion zealot' Xavier Becerra as Secretary of Health and Human Services, calling for all-out opposition to the appointment." READ [...]
Catholic League Decries Left-Wing Hypocrisy over Burning of BLM Banners
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League President Bill Donohue highlights the hypocrisy of the media getting "up in arms over the burning of banners of the Marxist Black Lives Matter movement and yet defend [...]
Catholic League Blasts Media Hypocrisy over Biden’s Catholic Faith
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League President Bill Donohue notes "that for the leftist media, the only good Catholic is a bad Catholic." READ MORE HERE
Special Reports
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Most Shared Posts
NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE FEELS IRE OF CATHOLIC LEAGUE
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the initial success of efforts to protect religious liberty in North Dakota: Yesterday, I sent a letter to the North Dakota legislature regarding [...]
NORTH DAKOTA BILL TARGETS CATHOLICS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a threat to religious liberty in North Dakota: We've been down this road before: state lawmakers seeking to bust the seal of the [...]
North Dakota Lawmakers Push Bill to Break the Religious Seal of the Confessional
Bill in the News (CNS News): In a Jan. 20 letter to the lawmakers, Catholic League President Bill Donohue wrote, "Your interest in violating the constitutional rights of the priest-penitent privilege [...]
BEN & JERRY’S/KAEPERNICK ARE DISABLING BLACKS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how African American youth are being upended by their so-called allies: There is no racial or ethnic group in American history that has [...]
