ALBANY FLEXES ANTI-CATHOLIC MUSCLES
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the New York State legislature's latest extension of the Child Victims Act: The Child Victims Act, which allows for a suspension of the statute of limitations for sexual [...]
PA GOV. SHORTCHANGES CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how Catholic schools are being fleeced in Pennsylvania: In response to COVID-19, Congress unanimously passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to help states financially. [...]
EUCHARIST BAN IN MD COUNTY RESCINDED
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a new development in the controversy over the Eucharist in a Maryland county: A few hours ago, we alerted our supporters about a ban on the Eucharist and [...]
EUCHARIST BAN IN MD COUNTY MUST BE REPEALED
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a ban on the Eucharist in a Maryland county: The Volstead Act, which enforced the 18th Amendment ban on alcohol, allowed for certain exemptions, among them being sacramental [...]
AMICUS BRIEF FILED IN LANDMARK CASE
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an amicus brief that was filed yesterday: On May 27, the Catholic League, represented by the Pittsburgh law firm Jones Day, filed an amicus brief with the Pennsylvania [...]
LARRY KRAMER, GAY WARRIOR, DEAD AT 84
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the death of Larry Kramer: Most Americans have never heard of Larry Kramer, but he is an icon in the gay community. He made his name fighting for [...]
FEDS NEED TO INVESTIGATE CUOMO
Catholic League president Bill Donohue is calling for a federal investigation of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo: New York Rep. Elise Stefanik has called for an independent federal investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's response to [...]
VIACOMCBS BOARD ASKED TO ADDRESS NOAH
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on why he is writing to the board of directors of ViacomCBS: Trevor Noah is out of control. An unrelenting bigot, his jokes about Catholic priests are mean-spirited and [...]
ABUSE LAWYER FINGERS CATHOLICS AND MORMONS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a biased TV ad: Many states have suspended the statute of limitations for sexual abuse crimes against minors, and some lawyers have seized the opportunity to single out [...]
GAY CATHOLIC TEACHER HAS AN AGENDA
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a controversy at an Ohio Catholic school: It is not uncommon for employees, prospective or current, to sign a contract that binds them to conduct expectations, and this [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In defense of Dolan, in praise of Trump
Bill In The News (One News Now): After anti-Trumpers condemned Cardinal Timothy Dolan for praising President Donald Trump for championing the faith of Americans like few presidents have, a Catholic leader has come to the [...]
Catholic League: On Religious Liberty, Trump is ‘More Catholic Than JFK Was’
Bill In The News (CNSNews): After Cardinal Timothy Dolan, head of the Archdiocese of New York, was criticized for praising President Donald Trump's actions in defense of religious liberty, the Catholic League for Religious and [...]
Catholic League Denounces Soros-Funded ‘Attack on Religious Liberty’
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue has decried a coordinated left-wing attack on the project of the U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights in an attempt to downgrade religious freedom and elevate [...]
Soros Using COVID-19 To Push Far-Left Policies
Bill In The News (One America News Network): As part of a new initiative, billionaire globalist George Soros is seeking to use the COVID-19 outbreak to enforce radical left policies in the U.S. The new [...]
Catholic League Decries ‘Soros-Funded Attack on Cardinal Dolan’
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League President Bill Donohue has denounced an attack that Democrats, following a George Soros-funded activist’s lead, have waged against Cardinal Timothy Dolan. “Catholic malcontents, who are infinitely more concerned [...]
Catholic League Warns ‘State Overreach’ in Pandemic Threatens Religious Liberty
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue declared Monday that recent bans on religious activities to curb the spread of the coronavirus constitute “state overreach” that directly threatens religious freedom. “Whenever religious [...]
Catholic group slams de Blasio for questioning Christian charity’s New York coronavirus field hospital
Bill In The News (Fox News): A conservative group on Friday accused New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio of being anti-Christian after he questioned whether the 68-bed field hospital set up in Central Park [...]
Catholic League: New York Times Is ‘Mainstreaming Paranoia’ Against Christians
Bill In The News (Breitbart): The New York Times is “mainstreaming paranoia” by blaming evangelical Christians for the coronavirus pandemic, Catholic League President Bill Donohue said on Friday. The Times is playing a “cheap game,” [...]
Rashida Tlaib Faces Backlash For Sharing ‘Obscene’ Message About National Day Of Prayer
Bill In The News (America Now): On March 16, Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, wrote a letter to the chairman of House Committee on Ethics, asking for action to be taken against Rep. [...]
Catholic group calls for Tlaib to be reprimanded after sharing ‘filthy’ National Day of Prayer message
Bill In The News (Washington Examiner): Rep. Rashida Tlaib is facing blowback from a Catholic group after sharing a profane tweet about the National Day of Prayer. The president of the Catholic League For Religious [...]
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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ALBANY FLEXES ANTI-CATHOLIC MUSCLES
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the New York State legislature's latest extension of the Child Victims Act: The Child Victims Act, which allows for a suspension of the [...]
PA GOV. SHORTCHANGES CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how Catholic schools are being fleeced in Pennsylvania: In response to COVID-19, Congress unanimously passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) [...]
EUCHARIST BAN IN MD COUNTY RESCINDED
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a new development in the controversy over the Eucharist in a Maryland county: A few hours ago, we alerted our supporters about a [...]
EUCHARIST BAN IN MD COUNTY MUST BE REPEALED
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a ban on the Eucharist in a Maryland county: The Volstead Act, which enforced the 18th Amendment ban on alcohol, allowed for certain [...]
