BEWARE LAY CLERICALISM
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a controversy that has embroiled a Catholic school in Washington state: Two teachers at Kennedy Catholic High School, located in the Seattle area, recently resigned, and although neither [...]
ORLANDO SENTINEL ATTACKS FIRST AMENDMENT
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an editorial in today's Orlando Sentinel: The editorial in the February 18 Orlando Sentinel is critical of private schools, mostly Christian, which participate in a state-school voucher program; [...]
THERE ARE ONLY TWO SEXES
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows: There is an op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal that deserves a huge audience, and that is why we have provided a link to it. Two biology [...]
POPE BRANDS TRANSGENDER THEORY AS EVIL
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on transgender theory and its consequences: Pope Francis is on the left of the political spectrum on economic and environmental issues, but he remains a conservative on moral issues. [...]
NY STATE EDUCATION POWER GRAB ON HOLD
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a statement by New York State education officials on some proposed reforms: New York State Department of Education has put on ice its proposal to allow public schools [...]
THE END OF PRO-LIFE DEMOCRATS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Democrats and abortion: When I taught in a Catholic elementary school in Spanish Harlem in the 1970s, I quoted to my African American and Puerto Rican students what [...]
WESTERN EUROPE BALKS ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a new effort to ensure religious liberty: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been a vocal advocate of religious liberty, both here and abroad. He has now established [...]
WHY ARE DEMOCRATS SO UNHAPPY?
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the results of recent surveys on happiness and life satisfaction: The Democrats are an unhappy people. This has nothing to do with their hatred of President Trump: it's [...]
PRIEST ACCUSERS OF SUSPECT CHARACTER
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the character of some priest accusers: Last week we learned that Msgr. William Lynn, who was sentenced in 2012 for child endangerment when he was secretary for the [...]
MORE NONSENSE ABOUT SECRECY IN THE CHURCH
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on another article alleging the Catholic Church is not being transparent about abuse cases: Last month, the Associated Press (AP) quoted a professor from Case Western University, Brian Clites, [...]
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 [...]
BENEDICT XVI ANALYZES ROOTS OF THE SCANDAL
William A. Donohue Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has released a lengthy essay on the roots of clergy sexual abuse that is illuminating and courageous. It is illuminating because he shows how forces inside and outside [...]
WHY I WROTE COMMON SENSE CATHOLICISM
William A. Donohue When I was in the Air Force, in the late 1960s, I became interested in politics. It was a turbulent time, and this was certainly true of California, where I was stationed. [...]
THE PERILS OF SENTIMENTALISM
Bill Donohue To be sentimental about certain things in life is not only normal, it is admirable. But sentimentalism is different. One of the definitions found in The Free Dictionary defines it as "excessive indulgence [...]
Gallup: Democrats Much Less Satisfied with Their ‘Personal Life’ than Republicans
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Democrats are among the demographic groups with the lowest personal satisfaction in their life, while Republicans are among the most satisfied, a Gallup poll revealed Thursday. In his analysis of the [...]
Biggest global threats to Christians identified
Bill In The News (One News Now): In the wake of Open Doors' release of the 2020 World Watch List revealing the 50 countries that are the worst persecutors of Christians, Catholic League president Bill Donohue and the Gatestone Institute both attribute [...]
Catholic group calls Seth Meyers ‘sick’ after church attack joke
Bill In The News (Owen Sound Sun Times): Seth Meyers has incurred the wrath of the leading officials at the Catholic League after joking about a bizarre attack at a Brooklyn church. The joke enraged [...]
In our opinion: Eliminating clergy-penitent privilege raises First Amendment red flags
Bill In The News (Deseret News): This week the Catholic League came out strongly against proposed legislation in Utah aiming to eliminate an exemption for clergy when it comes to reporting confidential confessions detailing abuse. As others have [...]
Catholic League, Utah House Speaker oppose bill to remove clergy exemption for reporting child abuse
Bill In The News (Daily Herald): A Utah bill that would remove reporting exemptions for clergy or other religious leaders who learn of child abuse during a confessional is facing opposition, both within and outside [...]
Utah bill requiring clergy to report child abuse confessions draws criticism
Bill In The News (KUTV, Utah): An organization dedicated to defending and protecting the Catholic Church is speaking out against a new bill that is set to be discussed in Utah's 2020 Legislative session. President [...]
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Mocked the Nativity Scene…and Boston Sports Fans
Bill In the News (Newsbusters): It's not surprising that ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live would think it's high-larious to make fun of Nativity scene. Catholic League president Bill Donohue made the case that Kimmel probably wouldn't consider [...]
Bloomberg Foundation Has Given More Than $13 Million to Planned Parenthood
Bill In The News (CBN News): The foundation set up by new Democrat presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has been donating millions of dollars to the nation’s leading abortion provider, Planned Parenthood. In a recent column [...]
Surge of new abuse claims threatens church like never before
Bill In The News (AP): AP interviews with more than a dozen lawyers and clergy abuse watchdog groups offered a wide range of estimates but many said they expected at least 5,000 new cases against [...]
Bloomberg Is No ‘Moderate’ On Abortion, Religious Liberty And Guns
Bill In The News (ConservativeHQ): As soon as former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg entered the race for President as a “moderate” Democrat he began to abandon any pretense of being a moderate, even going [...]
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 [...]
Most Shared Posts
BEWARE LAY CLERICALISM
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a controversy that has embroiled a Catholic school in Washington state: Two teachers at Kennedy Catholic High School, located in the Seattle area, [...]
ORLANDO SENTINEL ATTACKS FIRST AMENDMENT
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an editorial in today's Orlando Sentinel: The editorial in the February 18 Orlando Sentinel is critical of private schools, mostly Christian, which participate [...]
THERE ARE ONLY TWO SEXES
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows: There is an op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal that deserves a huge audience, and that is why we have provided a [...]
POPE BRANDS TRANSGENDER THEORY AS EVIL
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on transgender theory and its consequences: Pope Francis is on the left of the political spectrum on economic and environmental issues, but he remains [...]
