IF WE CAN CHANGE OUR SEX, WHY NOT OUR RACE?
Bill Donohue NBC News recently did a story on people who claim to be able to change their race. This created a firestorm. Many of those who are quick to say we can change our [...]
DISNEY REELING FROM THE PUSHBACK
Bill Donohue Disney CEO Bob Iger should have stayed in retirement. These are not good days for the former family-friendly entertainment giant. He can only blame himself. When he left in 2020 as CEO, he [...]
GARLAND GOES MUTE ABOUT FBI CATHOLIC PROBE
Bill Donohue We learned in January that “traditional” Catholics were being investigated by the FBI for the crime of being traditional Catholics. We were assured by FBI Director Christopher Wray that only one Field Office, [...]
NEW YORK TIMES NOW LIKES THE NUCLEAR FAMILY
Bill Donohue This is a bellwether moment: On September 20, 2023, the New York Times finally conceded that there is no family form better than the nuclear family. While it is breaking news to liberals [...]
PIUS XII: THE LATEST ATTEMPTED SMEAR
Ronald J. Rychlak A rash of news stories claim there is new evidence that shows the Vatican knew about the Holocaust earlier than it admitted. We asked Professor Ron Rychlak to offer a response. The [...]
PUBLIC VIEWS ON MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
Bill Donohue The Pew Research Center recently released extensive survey data on marriage and the family that yielded some conflicting results. On the one hand, the public is worried about the current state of affairs, [...]
TEACHER’S UNION HEAD SMEARS CHRISTIANS
Bill Donohue On September 12, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), ripped Americans who are in favor of school choice and parental rights, comparing them to segregationists. Even worse, she lashed [...]
CATHOLIC BAITING IN OHIO
Bill Donohue There is an important ballot initiative in Ohio this November on the issue of abortion that has generated considerable controversy. The discussion should ideally center on what limits should be placed on abortion. [...]
CLEVELAND DIOCESE ISSUES MODEL LGBT POLICY
Bill Donohue The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, under the leadership of Bishop Edward C. Malesic, has issued a policy for Catholic parishes and schools on sexuality and gender identity that is a model for all [...]
LOOKING FOR DIRT IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
If you look hard enough to find dirt, you will probably succeed. We are all sinners. A more interesting issue is why some people and institutions are the constant targets of dirt digging while others [...]
SOCIAL CONSERVATISM IS REBOUNDING
William A. Donohue This article originally appeared in The American Spectator. It was just a matter of time. Decent Americans have had a radical race and LGBT agenda shoved in their face for too long, [...]
30 YEARS AND COUNTING
William A. Donohue July 1 marked my 30th year as president and CEO of the Catholic League. Bernadette Brady-Egan, our vice president, celebrated her 28th anniversary on the same day. We've had a good run, [...]
50th ANNIVERSARY DINNER WAS A HIT
William A. Donohue On April 27, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Catholic League at the New York Athletic Club. In attendance was the Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Bishop Peter Byrne, [...]
WHY I WROTE WAR ON VIRTUE
William A. Donohue War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class is Killing the American Dream is a book I had to get off my chest. To be blunt, I am seething mad at the smug, [...]
CELEBRATING OUR 50th ANNIVERSARY
William A. Donohue Fr. Virgil Blum founded the Catholic League in April 1973. On April 27, we will celebrate our 50th anniversary. Fr. Blum was a Jesuit professor of political science at Marquette University, and [...]
WHEN DISHONESTY IS THE NORM
Being ethically inconsistent is a trait that is universal, no matter how hard we try to be consistent. Usually, it doesn't matter too much, and that is because our shortcomings are limited to a small [...]
ABORTION IN THE POST-ROE ERA
William A. Donohue No institution in American history has been more resolute in its opposition to abortion than the Catholic Church. Protestants and Jews were almost in lockstep praising Roe v. Wade in 1973, largely [...]
WHY WE DID THE DISNEY MOVIE
William A. Donohue When I was in the 7th grade, I was asked by one of my nun teachers who was the person I most admired. I said Walt Disney. When asked why, I simply [...]
INTOLERANCE FOR FREE SPEECH IS SPIKING
William A. Donohue There have always been extremists on the right and the left who are completely intolerant, and while both sides need to be condemned, the real danger comes more from the left. Not [...]
ELITES DEFEND CHILD MOLESTATION
William A. Donohue While doing the research for my book, The Truth about Clergy Sexual Abuse, I came to the conclusion that many of the Church's harshest critics were phonies. They didn't care a lick [...]
Donald Trump calls 6-week abortion ban a ‘terrible mistake’
Bill in the News (Catholic News Agency): Though many pro-life advocates condemned Trump’s latest abortion take, Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, told CNA that the former president’s stance is rooted in the difficult [...]
Why Are We Obsessed with the Destruction of L.A.?
Bill in the News (The New York Times): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, comments on the controversy surrounding the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. READ MORE HERE
Teacher-union head slammed for comparing school-choice backers to segregationists
Bill in the News (Washington Times): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, accused her of “Christian bashing.” “The subject under discussion had nothing to do with religion, so it tells us volumes about Weingarten [...]
The Canadian Holocaust That Never Happened
Bill in the News (Townhall): In 2014, Bill Donohue of the Catholic League wrote about a "mass graves" hysteria in Ireland around a claim that 800 bodies were found outside a home Catholic nuns used [...]
Catholic League ‘disturbed’ by House panel report showing FBI offices targeted Catholics as ‘potential domestic terrorists’
Bill in the News (Christian Post): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, sent a public letter [Thursday] to House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, after the panel revealed the FBI's Richmond Field Office [...]
Catholic Leaders Demand Answers from FBI on Bombshell Discovery Agency Probe into Traditional Catholics ‘Bigger than Believed’
Bill in the News (Tennessee Star): National Catholic leaders said the FBI’s probe of Catholics, as revealed by documents obtained by the House Judiciary Committee, went far beyond a so-called rogue agent in a single [...]
New York Governor Hochul To Offer Free Healthcare For Prostitutes, Other Sex Workers
Bill in the News (The Federalist Papers): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, was also highly critical of Gov. Hochul’s policies, including her stance on crime and the homelessness [...]
Hochul facing criticism over new health care program for sex workers: ‘Magnet for more prostitutes’
Bill in the News (NY Post): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, bashed Hochul over her crime policies and the homelessness crisis, adding: “Now she wants the taxpayers to [...]
‘Enlightened’ Progressives Anything But
Catholic League in the News (Newsmax): Mainstream media’s dutiful parroting of the group’s dishonest self-characterization—they dress as Catholic nuns and do charitable work—is not even close to describing the depth of their anti-Catholic depravity. The [...]
The president of the Catholic League, Bill Donohue
(Wilmington Catholic Radio): Judi and Tara speak to Dr. Bill Donohue, a sociologist, about his newest book, War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class is Killing the American Dream. In this show, Bill explains how [...]
Special Reports
Catholic League Campaign Against The Dodgers
To read the special report on the Catholic League's campaign against the LA Dodgers click here.
SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE
Bill Donohue (A timeline of anti-Catholic actions committed by these bigots) 1979: This was the beginning of the Sisters. In San Francisco’s Castro District three men dressed in traditional nun’s habit walked the streets. One [...]
Sexualizing Children in Schools
This report by the Catholic League shows beyond a doubt how morally corrupt many of our public schools have become. Perversely, it is not suitable to read by the very audience that is being targeted. [...]
SURVEY OF CATHOLICS IS MOSTLY PROMISING
Bill Donohue The Catholic League commissioned McLaughlin & Associates to do a national survey of Catholics. From September 3-12, they polled 800 Catholics in an online survey. What follows is an abbreviated analysis of what [...]
CHURCH VANDALISM
Over the past few years, beginning with the urban riots that took place in 2020, there was a rash of anti-Catholic crimes across the nation. Monuments were destroyed, iconic statues were bludgeoned, gravesites were desecrated, [...]
COLUMBUS BASHING IS UNWARRANTED
In recognition of Columbus Day, we are offering a three-part series on this subject. In the first part we will address the origins of the assault on Columbus. In the second part, we will offer [...]
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. June 23, 2023—On the eve of the 1st year anniversary of the Supreme Court Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, [...]
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.
Annual Reports
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2022 YEAR IN REVIEW
Catholic League For Religious And Civil Rights 2022 Year in Review Michael P. McDonald, Director of Communications The forces working to undermine the Catholic Church and our Judeo-Christian values doubled-down in 2022. One might expect [...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW
Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights 2021 Year in Review Michael P. McDonald, Director of Communications If one considers the hostility the Catholic Church and traditional Judeo-Christian values faced from the Biden Administration, corporations, [...]
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 [...]
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Bill Donohue NBC News recently did a story on people who claim to be able to change their race. This created a firestorm. Many of those who are quick to [...]
DISNEY REELING FROM THE PUSHBACK
Bill Donohue Disney CEO Bob Iger should have stayed in retirement. These are not good days for the former family-friendly entertainment giant. He can only blame himself. When he left [...]
GARLAND GOES MUTE ABOUT FBI CATHOLIC PROBE
Bill Donohue We learned in January that “traditional” Catholics were being investigated by the FBI for the crime of being traditional Catholics. We were assured by FBI Director Christopher Wray [...]
NEW YORK TIMES NOW LIKES THE NUCLEAR FAMILY
Bill Donohue This is a bellwether moment: On September 20, 2023, the New York Times finally conceded that there is no family form better than the nuclear family. While it [...]
