ARE NEW YORK DEMOCRATS HOPELESSLY STUPID?
Saturday, 6/19, communications director, Mike McDonald is scheduled to appear on Newsmax TV at 6:25 p.m. ET.
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ARE NEW YORK DEMOCRATS HOPELESSLY STUPID?
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on New York City's mayoralty race: The New York Post has published the results of a survey of likely Democratic voters in New York City; it was conducted by [...]
HIGH COURT RULES 9-0 FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on today's ruling by the Supreme Court on a seminal religious liberty case: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that Catholic foster care agencies can reject gay couples from [...]
WHY THE PARTISAN DIVIDE ON MORAL ISSUES?
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the results of a new Gallup poll: Gallup has been tracking values and beliefs for many years, and its latest survey reveals that Americans continue to be dismayed [...]
DEATH PENALTY BEDEVILS BIDEN
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on President Biden's stance on the death penalty: In 1994, Sen. Joe Biden signed a crime bill that added dozens of additional offenses to the list of crimes punishable [...]
THE THORNY ISSUE OF GAY PRIDE
Catholic League president Bill Donohue raises some issues with respect to Gay Pride Month: To many Americans, gay pride month is about giving due recognition to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender persons and queers (LGBTQ). These [...]
PUBLIC OPPOSES ABORTION-ON-DEMAND
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the results of new Gallup surveys on abortion: Two recently released Gallup surveys on abortion show how mixed Americans are on this subject. One of them is titled, [...]
SOROS-FUNDED GROUP ATTACKS BISHOPS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the latest attack on U.S. bishops: President Biden says he is a "devout Catholic," yet he continues to oppose many of the most serious Catholic teachings that bear [...]
CHINA’S WAR ON CATHOLICS DESERVES HEARINGS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the persecution of Catholics in China: We are asking Sen. Robert Menendez, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, to conduct hearings into Communist China's war [...]
THE BISHOPS ARE NOT PARTISANS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue addresses the issue of partisanship on behalf of the bishops: A week from today there will be a virtual meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Critics [...]
ACLU HAS ALWAYS BEEN POLITICAL
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the politics of the ACLU: Michael Powell has done some great work at the New York Times, and his lengthy 3615-word article on the ACLU that was published [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Catholic League Declares SCOTUS Ruling ‘Huge Victory’ for Religious Liberty
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue praises "Thursday’s Supreme Court’s ruling in Fulton v. Philadelphia, calling it a 'huge victory for religious liberty.'" READ MORE HERE
Poll: Majority Of Church-Going Catholics Believe Biden Should Not Receive Communion
The Catholic League In The News (The Federalist): The Catholic League issued a report that notes how Biden "aggressively promotes abortion, denies basic biology, supports hormone therapy and puberty blockers for minors, encourages same-sex marriage, [...]
Catholic League Denounces ‘Repugnant’ Duplicity of Gay Pride
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue observes "that America’s love affair with gay pride should acknowledge its origins in child abuse and bigotry." READ MORE HERE
Catholic Register: Biden’s Pro-Abortion Credentials ‘Established Beyond Any Dispute’
The Catholic League In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League has "released a report chronicling 32 times that President Biden has taken a public stand against core Church teachings during the less than five months he has [...]
Senator Jekyll and President Hyde
The Catholic League In The News (National Catholic Register): Catholic League has "released a list documenting 32 actions since January that have significantly departed from Church teachings." READ MORE HERE
Biden a ‘devout’ Catholic? Record says it ain’t so, Joe
The Catholic League in the News (One News Now): Catholic League communications director Mike McDonald states that Biden "wasted no time in violating his professed faith." READ MORE HERE
Catholic League Nails Biden’s Un-Catholic Policies
The Catholic League In The News (The Patriot Post): Catholic League has "released a list documenting 32 instances since taking office that Biden has implemented or supported policy decisions that run directly counter to the teachings [...]
“THE WORLD OVER” WITH RAYMOND ARROYO
Bill Donohue discusses his report outlining President Joe Biden's policy positions that depart from Catholic teaching since the beginning of his presidency. To watch click here.
Report: “Devout Catholic” Biden Defied Catholic Teaching 32 Times Since January. No Penalty.
The Catholic League In The News (The New American): Catholic League details "the nearly three-dozen rejections of Catholic teaching in a report it sent to all Catholic bishops." READ MORE HERE
Catholic League Slams Biden For 32 Direct Violations Of Core Church Teachings
Bill In The News (The Federalist): Catholic League president Bill Donohue opines "there have been 'many instances where [Biden's] decision-making on important moral issues is at variance with established Catholic teachings.'" READ MORE HERE
Special Reports
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S POLICIES: DEPARTURES FROM CATHOLIC TEACHINGS
This is an ongoing documentation of President Biden's policies that clash with Catholic teachings. June 16, 2021—The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) denied the 501(c)(3) tax exempt status of a Texas based Christian non-profit for promoting [...]
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.
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 [...]
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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ARE NEW YORK DEMOCRATS HOPELESSLY STUPID?
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on New York City's mayoralty race: The New York Post has published the results of a survey of likely Democratic voters in New York [...]
Catholic League Declares SCOTUS Ruling ‘Huge Victory’ for Religious Liberty
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue praises "Thursday’s Supreme Court’s ruling in Fulton v. Philadelphia, calling it a 'huge victory for religious liberty.'" READ MORE HERE
HIGH COURT RULES 9-0 FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on today's ruling by the Supreme Court on a seminal religious liberty case: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that Catholic foster care agencies [...]
WHY THE PARTISAN DIVIDE ON MORAL ISSUES?
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the results of a new Gallup poll: Gallup has been tracking values and beliefs for many years, and its latest survey reveals that [...]