IS THE ACLU CRAZY?
Bill Donohue This article originally appeared on the American Spectator on March 20, 2025. It is an extended version of a piece Bill wrote earlier this week. If there were a proposal to erect a [...]
RELIGION DRIVES ACLU CRAZY
Bill Donohue Having authored a Ph.D. dissertation, two books, and a monograph on the ACLU, I am convinced that most of its board members and senior officials harbor a deep animus against religion. Nothing bothers [...]
SALUTE TO ST. PATRICK
Bill Donohue [Note: We run this article each year in honor of St. Patrick] The heroics of St. Patrick are not appreciated as much as they should be. He is the first person in history [...]
CARDINAL DOLAN VERBALLY ABUSED
Bill Donohue sent the following letter today to the parties noted. March 14, 2025 Jelani Jefferson Exum Dean, St. John’s Univ. School of Law 8000 Utopia Parkway Jamaica, NY 11439 Dear Dean Jefferson Exum: A [...]
IS A “BLACK MASS” FREE SPEECH?
Bill Donohue On March 28, a Kansas-based group, the Satanic Grotto, is planning to hold a “Black Mass” on grounds surrounding the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. The event was originally scheduled to be held [...]
THE ANGST AT THE WASHINGTON POST
Bill Donohue They really don’t like Jeff Bezos at the Washington Post (WaPO). Not only did the opinion editor, David Shipley, resign, their longtime columnist Ruth Marcus called it quits; so did other staffers. Moreover, [...]
HOW GAYS CRASHED THE ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
Bill Donohue As we approach the 10th anniversary of homosexuals marching under their own banner in New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, it behooves us to understand how this happened. To begin with, gays [...]
POLITICIZING SEXUAL ABUSE
Bill Donohue The sexual abuse of children is one of the most evil acts that anyone can commit. That is why accusations must not be made casually—this is serious business. Yet that is exactly what [...]
CELEBRATING ABORTIONISTS IS SICK
Bill Donohue There is a difference between those who are mostly “pro-choice,” oftentimes reluctantly so, and those who love abortion. March 10 is a festive day for the latter group. It’s called, “Abortion Provider Appreciation [...]
DEMS WEDDED TO TRANSGENDER AGENDA
Bill Donohue Eight-in-ten Americans are against boys and men competing against girls and women in sports and showering with them. Even two-in-three Democrats take this position. But the elected Democrats in Congress are not listening. [...]
WE ARE WITNESSING A CULTURAL SHIFT
William A. Donohue Cultures change, sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly. The changes are sometimes positive, sometimes negative, sometimes a little of both. The reasons why they change are multiple. In short, there is no such thing [...]
REFLECTIONS ON THE ELECTION
This is the article that appeared in the December 2024 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate [...]
NEW YORK TIMES’ LYING “FACT-CHECKERS”
This is the article that appeared in the November 2024 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate [...]
TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT ABORTION
This is the article that appeared in the October 2024 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate [...]
OUR CULTURE OF COMFORTABLENESS
This is the article that appeared in the September 2024 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate [...]
WE ARE BADLY DIVIDED
This is the article that appeared in the July/August 2024 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate [...]
OUR PAMPERED ELITES
This is the article that appeared in the June 2024 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate [...]
WHY ARE LEFTISTS SO MISERABLE?
This is the article that appeared in the May 2024 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate [...]
BIGOTRY AND DISHONESTY ARE COMMONPLACE
This is the article that appeared in the April 2024 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate [...]
LYING ABOUT LATE-TERM ABORTIONS
This is the article that appeared in the March 2024 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate [...]
Montana bill would jail priests for 5 years if they refuse to violate seal of confession
Bill in the News (LIFESITE): “There is not a scintilla of evidence that child abusers are confessing their sins to Catholic priests,” Donohue stated. “Indeed, it strains credulity to argue that a person who is [...]
‘Atheists strike out at Christmas’: Catholic League unveils new billboard to counter FFRF
Bill in the News (The Christian Post): “We decided to display the billboard as a direct refutation of the annual Winter Solstice display in Madison, Wisconsin, that is erected in the Capitol building by Freedom [...]
Pope Francis’s Favorability Rating Continues Downward Spiral
Bill in the News (Breitbart): While Rasmussen does not attempt to explain the causes of Francis’ loss of popularity, the president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Right, Dr. Bill Donohue, offered his [...]
Catholic League responds to atheist display with new Christmas billboard
Bill in the News (Faith and Works Journal): Catholic League President Bill Donohue provided some insight into the motivation behind this bold statement. He explained that the billboard serves as a “direct refutation” of the [...]
Catholic League answers atheists’ Christmas grouchery with bold ‘Christmas gift’
Bill in the News (Blaze Media): The Catholic League has a 12'x50' billboard displayed in the vicinity of Madison — home to the FFRF's headquarters — on the beltway that reads, "ATHEISTS STRIKE OUT AT [...]
‘Blue Bloods’: The Most Catholic Network TV Series Bids Farewell
Bill in the News (National Catholic Register): ...Bill Donohue of the Catholic Civil Rights League — usually in the umbrage-taking business — wrote in 2011, when the show was returned for a second season, that [...]
Donald Trump Can Thank Catholics for His Big Win
Bill in the News (National Catholic Register): Trump’s biggest laugh at the 2024 dinner came when he quipped that Harris couldn’t make it because she was in Michigan receiving communion from Catholic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer [...]
Catholic swing voters were critical to Donald Trump’s blowout victory: ‘Harris snubbed us’
Bill in the News (Fox News): Bill Donohue, president of the religious civil rights group Catholic League, told Fox News Digital that Catholics resoundingly rejected Harris because of what he called a "clear animus against [...]
Seminary Rector Responds to ‘Conclave’ Movie: Why Only Men Can Be Priests
Mike in the News (National Catholic Register): Arriving on moviegoers’ screens this Friday, the new movie Conclave bills itself as a star-studded mystery-thriller centered on the selection of a new pope for the Catholic Church. [...]
Harris’ Catholic dinner snub is just the latest in career full of swipes at the faithful, critics charge
Bill in the News (Fox News): Catholic League President Bill Donohue told Fox News Digital on Monday that Harris’ snub of the Al Smith dinner sent "an unmistakable message to Catholics." The campaign previously told [...]
Special Reports
CATHOLIC LEAGUE ON CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM
Christian Bashers Rip Hegseth And Huckabee—November 15, 2024 Christianity Terrifies Secular Left—October 1, 2024 The Myth Of Christian Nationalist Violence Part II—September 4, 2024 The Myth Of Christian Nationalist Violence Part I—September 3, 2024 Vance’s [...]
DANGEROUS BALLOT INITIATIVE IN NEW YORK
There is a ballot initiative in New York State this November that is downright dangerous. Bill Donohue wrote a lengthy rebuttal and it is now available online in English and Spanish. It is also published [...]
PROBING CATHOLIC-RUN INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS
Bill Donohue On June 14, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a report on boarding schools for Native American children, some of which were run by the Catholic Church. From 1869 to [...]
Biden Admin LGBT Imperialism
For PDF version, click here. The following report examines the efforts undertaken by the Biden administration to advance the LGBT agenda around the globe. It begins by exploring the overarching policies that Biden has pursued. [...]
HARRIS AND TRUMP ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
[For the PDF version, click here.] Harris' Religious Liberty Record On February 14, 2021, Biden signed an executive order reestablishing the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. The Biden-Harris administration claims that this [...]
Catholic League Report: Biden Administration and Thought Control
No administration in American history has tried harder to promote thought control than the Biden administration. Orwellian at its finest, the goal is to induce the public to accept its highly politicized vocabulary as a [...]
GOV. ABBOTT MADE IMMIGRATION #1 ISSUE
Bill Donohue Whether one agrees with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to bus illegal aliens to sanctuary cities around the country or not, it is indisputable that he is responsible for making immigration the Number [...]
MEDICAL PROFESSION BOWS TO TRANSGENDERISM: PARTS I & II
To read how medical journals and associations have adopted the politics of transgenderism, click here. To read Part I, click here.
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 [...]
Annual Reports
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2024 YEAR IN REVIEW
Michael P. McDonald, Director of Communications For the PDF version, click here. 2024 will go down in American history as a pivotal year. The people standing for tradition, reason, and faith fought to reclaim their [...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2023 YEAR IN REVIEW
Catholic League For Religious And Civil Rights 2023 Year in Review Michael P. McDonald, Director of Communications For 50 years the Catholic League has led the charge in every major cultural battle, and in 2023, [...]
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
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Bill Donohue This article originally appeared on the American Spectator on March 20, 2025. It is an extended version of a piece Bill wrote earlier this week. If there were [...]
RELIGION DRIVES ACLU CRAZY
Bill Donohue Having authored a Ph.D. dissertation, two books, and a monograph on the ACLU, I am convinced that most of its board members and senior officials harbor a deep [...]
SALUTE TO ST. PATRICK
Bill Donohue [Note: We run this article each year in honor of St. Patrick] The heroics of St. Patrick are not appreciated as much as they should be. He is [...]
CARDINAL DOLAN VERBALLY ABUSED
Bill Donohue sent the following letter today to the parties noted. March 14, 2025 Jelani Jefferson Exum Dean, St. John’s Univ. School of Law 8000 Utopia Parkway Jamaica, NY 11439 [...]