ASSOCIATED PRESS ANGRY CHURCH GOT PPP MONEY
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an Associated Press story on the Catholic Church: Everyone from Nancy Pelosi's husband to the Los Angeles Lakers has received money from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), but [...]
NYC AND CHICAGO MAYORS MUST GO
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how much the mayors of New York City and Chicago have in common: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot share a similar [...]
TWO BIG WINS FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on two Supreme Court decisions handed down today: In the last week of its 2019-2020 term, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered two back-to-back victories for religious liberty; they were [...]
POLL ON ABORTION IS BAD NEWS FOR BIDEN
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a Gallup poll on abortion that does not bode well for Joe Biden: A new Gallup survey on abortion reveals that this is an issue that should worry [...]
ANTI-CATHOLICISM SPIKES IN CALIFORNIA
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the status of Catholicism in California: Anti-Catholicism is sweeping California. Attacks on Catholic statues, public complaints about Catholics attending Mass, the selective enforcement of executive orders on religious [...]
TOPPLING RELIGIOUS STATUES IS VINTAGE LEFT
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the destruction of religious statues: The smashing of religious statues is all the rage. While the extent of the vandalism is new, the ideological forces that unleashed it [...]
SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS SCHOOL CHOICE
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a high court decision today on school choice: The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts, ruled that a Montana school choice initiative [...]
MAHER PROMOTES BIGOTRY WHILE CONDEMNING IT
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the latest example of Bill Maher's hypocrisy: On his June 26 show on HBO, Bill Maher made his case against racial bigotry by invoking his liberal credentials. "Liberalism [...]
DE BLASIO AND CUOMO GET CREAMED IN COURT
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a judicial decision just handed down that is of utmost importance to people of faith: Protesters can take to the streets, some violently, and that is okay by [...]
CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE NEAR ZERO PERCENT
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the latest data on clergy sexual abuse: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishop' Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection has released its audit on clergy sexual abuse [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Catholic League Compares BLM and Democrats to Ku Klux Klan
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue said both the Democrat Party and Black Lives Matter resemble the Ku Klux Klan in their vicious opposition to school choice. “The Democratic Party, and [...]
“Bernie and Sid in the Morning”
Bill In The News (77 WABC): To listen to Bill Donohue's interview on 77 WABC's "Bernie and Sid in the Morning" click here.
Catholic League: Bostock Is ‘Classic Case of Judicial Overreach’
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue blasted this week’s Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, saying the majority opinion written by Justice Neil Gorsuch rests on “flawed anthropology.” The [...]
Catholic League: New York’s De Blasio Has ‘Profile of an Extremist’
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue slammed New York mayor Bill de Blasio Friday for his irrational coronavirus lockdown rules and anti-religious animus. Dr. Donohue underscored the arbitrary nature of de [...]
Catholic League Decries Nancy Pelosi’s ‘War on Catholic Schools’
Bill In The News (Breitbart): House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is seeking to “cripple Catholic schools” by cutting off needed funding while subsidizing “illegal aliens and sanctuary cities,” said Catholic League president Bill Donohue Monday. [...]
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 [...]
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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ASSOCIATED PRESS ANGRY CHURCH GOT PPP MONEY
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an Associated Press story on the Catholic Church: Everyone from Nancy Pelosi's husband to the Los Angeles Lakers has received money from the [...]
NYC AND CHICAGO MAYORS MUST GO
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how much the mayors of New York City and Chicago have in common: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chicago Mayor [...]
TWO BIG WINS FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on two Supreme Court decisions handed down today: In the last week of its 2019-2020 term, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered two back-to-back victories [...]
POLL ON ABORTION IS BAD NEWS FOR BIDEN
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a Gallup poll on abortion that does not bode well for Joe Biden: A new Gallup survey on abortion reveals that this is [...]
