In a study by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, it was reported that Catholic women have an abortion rate 29 percent higher than Protestants. The study also concluded that about half of American women will have an abortion at some point in their lives. The gist of the findings is that a) the Catholic Church’s teachings on [...]
At the behest of retired Captain Timothy Hunter, Catholic League president William Donohue wrote a letter to Congressman Frank Wolf regarding the status of religious rights for uniformed personnel overseas; Rep. Wolf is Chairman of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. At issue is the apparent negligence of the U.S. [...]
The Catholic League has protested a Casual Living catalog entry on prayer candles. Here is the catalog description of the candles: "HELP IS ON THE WAY. Clever, satirical prayer candles by Everyday Icons help protect a woman from everyday stress. ‘Powerful Protection from PMS Prayer,’ ‘Our Lady of Abundant Chocolate’ and ‘Prayer for Menopause Relief.’ Light the candle, [...]
The August catalog of Pottery Barn depicts a nude woman styled in a Christ-like crucified position hanging above a bed. The league sent a letter expressing its concerns to the publication, saying that it was "unnecessarily inflammatory, as it disparages an important Christian symbol." We are awaiting a response.
From October 4 through January 5, New York’s Asia Society will feature an exhibition entitled "Contemporary Art in Asia: Traditions/Tensions." One of the displays, House of Sin, depicts a drunken Catholic cleric holding a chalice (a dead boy appears next to him). The exhibition received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and was given prominent [...]
In his new book, The Hand of God, Dr. Bernard Nathanson explains his migration from a Jewish abortionist to a Catholic pro-lifer. He also cites the anti-Catholic roots of NARAL (known as the National Association for Repeal of Abortion Laws at its inception, later as the National Abortion Rights Action League, and now the National Abortion and [...]
On August 3, the News-Times of Danbury, Connecticut printed an opinion piece by Fred Hammond that made the preposterous claim that the Catholic Church once sanctioned same-sex marriage. The league responded by questioning the judgment of the newspaper’s editors: "Now it is one thing to allow a forum for controversial views, quite another to publish articles that purport [...]
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, whose favorite motto is "Ready or not, here I come," recently said that "All religion is irrational." He took special aim, however, at the pope. "The pope has his hands on our neck. He’s wringing it. I think he has a grip on the government, and I know he has a grip on [...]
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You, the Christopher Durang anti-Catholic play that never seems to die, ran for three weeks in Arlington, Virginia this past August. It was gratifying to read that Lloyd Rose of the Washington Post labeled the play "neither interesting nor satisfying," adding that the production is nothing less than Durang’s [...]
The Assemblies of God, with its 1.4 million members, has called for a boycott of all Disney products. It was particularly incensed over the Disney-owned Hyperion Pressdecision to publish "Growing Up Gay" (a book for teenagers), and the Gay and Lesbian Day events at Disney theme parks. Assemblies of God also mentioned their objections to the Disney-Miramax [...]
