PELOSI’S “VIEW” ON ABORTION
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Nancy Pelosi's latest defense of abortion: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who identifies as a Catholic, was asked at her weekly press briefing to reply to comments made by [...]
BIDEN’S PRO-ABORTION BILL IS OFF-THE-CHARTS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on President Biden's latest pro-abortion bill: "The Administration strongly supports House passage of H.R. 3755, the Women's Health Protection Act of 2021." That is the statement released by the [...]
TEXAS REJECTS BIDEN’S SEXUAL POLITICS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the Biden administration's latest example of sexual politics: On September 20, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration in an attempt to stop a June 15 [...]
MASKETEERS ARE NOT DOING US ANY FAVORS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on why some Americans love masks: Have you ever noticed that in the big cities, there are many more people walking around with masks than in the suburbs? When [...]
MEDIA EXPLOIT THE POPE AGAIN
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the media's reaction to remarks made by Pope Francis aboard the papal plane: It is not the Catholic Church that is obsessed with sex, it is the media. [...]
GARLAND SMEARS PRO-LIFE ACTIVISTS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a remark recently made by Attorney General Merrick Garland: The controversy over a Texas pro-life law has led some to make irresponsible remarks, and no one has topped [...]
GOV. NEWSOM MUST VETO BILL SLANDERING ST. SERRA
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a bill before California Gov. Gavin Newsom: The California legislature has sent a bill to Gov. Gavin Newsom that he should forthrightly veto. The bill is based on [...]
PROBE OF FETAL RESEARCH AT PITT LAUNCHED
The University of Pittsburgh has agreed to have its fetal tissue research practices independently reviewed by the Washington, D.C. law firm of Hyman, Phelps & McNamara. Last month, the Catholic League called upon the Pennsylvania [...]
WHY 9/11 IS SPECIAL TO CHRISTIANS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on what 9/11 means to him: The 20th anniversary of 9/11 carries great significance to all Americans (at least those who are patriotic), but it has a special meaning [...]
NEW YORK TIMES OBJECTS TO CHAOS!
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an editorial in today's New York Times: No newspaper in the country likes protests more than the New York Times. There is a qualifier, though, as made clear [...]
WHY I WROTE MY LATEST BOOK
William A. Donohue To be a good writer, it is important, at least for me, to have a passion for the subject. I brought my passion to bear in writing The Truth about Clergy Sexual [...]
RIGHTS FOR TREES BUT NOT FOR THEE
Christopher D. Stone is not exactly a household name, but he clearly left his mark on the "rights" movement. The University of Southern California law professor recently died. More well known was his father, I.F. [...]
“HATE AMERICA” CAMPAIGN IS IN HIGH GEAR
The United States is beset with numerous problems, though none as serious as teaching students and workers why they should hate America. It is an intellectually dishonest game, riddled with distortions and out-and-out lies about [...]
PHONE MANIA
William A. Donohue Mohammad Anwar, 66, was recently driving his Uber Eats car in Washington, D.C. when two young black girls, 13 and 15, took out a stun gun and tased him. The carjackers took [...]
WE LOST TWO GREAT MEDIA VOICES
William A. Donohue Last December, I told staff members that I don't think Larry King or Rush Limbaugh will be with us much longer. From what I had been reading, their days were numbered. Regrettably, [...]
ASSAULTS ON CATHOLICS SPIKE
William A. Donohue In the December edition of "President's Desk," I wrote a piece titled, "Buckle Your Seat Belts—Again." I referenced a "President's Desk" essay I wrote in December 2008 wherein I noted that we [...]
THUGGERY IS CHIC
It is a myth to maintain that the First Amendment guarantees the right of the people to assemble. It does not. It guarantees "the right of the people peaceably to assemble." The adverb was penned [...]
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, [...]
Trauma of 9/11 is also felt by immigrant Muslim population
Bill In The News (Catholic News Service): Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on religious persecution saying "Jews are respected, Muslims are feared and Catholics are neither respected nor feared." READ MORE HERE
Pediatricians File Lawsuit Against Biden’s Mandate that Doctors Perform Transgender Procedures on Children
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue calls the Biden mandate forcing doctors to preform sex transitions "essentially 'a declaration of war on Catholic doctors and hospitals.'" READ MORE HERE
Catholic League President Unloads on Anti-Catholic Film, Church Attacks, Biden — ‘Attack on Western Civilization’
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue blasts "the recent anti-Catholic Bendetta film, declaring the film’s goals as aligned with those of radical groups Antifa and Black Lives Matter (BLM) in their aims [...]
Vocal Point-Dr. Bill Donohue
Bill in the news (Vocal Point): Dr. William Donohue joins Jerry Newcombe on Vocal Point to discuss the culture wars in America, including cancel culture, the war on America as founded, why reparations are a [...]
Catholic League: Education Establishment Is ‘Mainlining Racism’ in Schools
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Education elites are “indoctrinating students with critical race theory,” Dr. Donohue asserts, the result of which is “mainlining racism in the schools.” READ MORE HERE
Catholic League Blasts Woke Sports Illustrated as ‘Anti-Christian’
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue laments "the inexorable decline of Sports Illustrated into woke ideology and anti-Christianity." READ MORE HERE
Beyond These Stone Walls in Thailand by Pornchai Moontri
Bill in the news (Beyond These Stone Walls): Bill Donohue gave me honorary membership in the Catholic League, and also wrote about me several times. READ MORE HERE...
Bill Donohue On Rumble
Bill In The News (Rumble): Catholic League president Bill Donohue discusses with Larry Jarvik the many challenges facing America and the Church. TO WATCH CLICK HERE.
Pope Francis renews restrictions on old Latin Mass, reversing Benedict XVI
Bill In The News (Washington Post): Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Pope Francis' decision regarding the Latin Mass. READ MORE HERE
Catholic League: ‘Progressives’ Are ‘the New Racists’
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue argues "that the really dangerous racists in America are not white supremacists, but those who promote critical race theory." READ MORE HERE
Special Reports
TRANSGENDER REPORTS ARE STARTLING
Bill Donohue Now that the new school year is upon us, it is important for parents to understand how the sexual engineers in education are trying to program students into accepting gender ideology. To that [...]
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S POLICIES: DEPARTURES FROM CATHOLIC TEACHINGS
This is an ongoing documentation of President Biden's policies that clash with Catholic teachings. September 20, 2021— Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration objecting to the EEOC's workplace guidelines [...]
REPORT SENT TO BISHOPS ON BIDEN’S POLICY DEPARTURES
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a Catholic League report: We have prepared a report, "President Biden's Policies: Departures from Catholic Teachings," that outlines many instances where his decision-making on important moral issues is [...]
Religious Persecution in China
To read our report on human rights violations in China, click here.
Religious Liberty Actions Taken By Trump Administration
The Catholic League has tallied nearly 50 instances where President Donald Trump has embraced or advanced religious liberty. To read the full report, click here.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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PELOSI’S “VIEW” ON ABORTION
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Nancy Pelosi's latest defense of abortion: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who identifies as a Catholic, was asked at her weekly press briefing to [...]
BIDEN’S PRO-ABORTION BILL IS OFF-THE-CHARTS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on President Biden's latest pro-abortion bill: "The Administration strongly supports House passage of H.R. 3755, the Women's Health Protection Act of 2021." That is [...]
TEXAS REJECTS BIDEN’S SEXUAL POLITICS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the Biden administration's latest example of sexual politics: On September 20, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration in an attempt [...]
PRIESTS’ RIGHTS SECURED; AMICUS BRIEF VICTORY
The rights of priests took a big step forward on July 21 when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that sided with an alleged victim of clergy [...]
