The Catholic League responded to a complaint made by one of its members to a Bob Jones 4th grade history textbook, Americans: People From Many Lands (1993 edition), writing to the press director of Bob Jones University Press. The characterization of Roman Catholicism was inaccurate and encouraged students to view Catholicism with a biased perspective. On page 184 of [...]
The school year ended last June on a bad note for a Ramapo School District student named Alex Caruso. But over the summer things improved markedly when the Hilburn, New York school acted responsibly. Caruso was faced with a scheduling conflict between a band concert he was expected to be in and a trip to an [...]
It should surprise no one that the ACLU sees red every time it hears the word Jesus. But now it’s going bonkers even at the thought that someone might know that it was Jesus who said, "With God, all things are possible." That’s why the Ohio affiliate of the Union filed suit in U.S. District Court: [...]
When the poor are given a real choice in education, they overwhelmingly opt to send their children to Catholic schools. That’s what was learned in New York City this fall in a novel program. Last year, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani instituted the School Choice Scholarship Foundation. A lottery was established to allow parents of poor [...]
Last week's edition of the ABC show, "Nothing Sacred," did slightly better than it did the week before, but it still wound up near the bottom in the ratings. Only four shows on the four major networks, CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX, did worse than "Nothing Sacred. " Of the five shows on the major networks [...]
In many of today's major newspapers (e .g., New York Times, USA Today, Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune), ABC has a promotional ad for its show, "Nothing Sacred." It quotes four priests who have made favorable comments about the show. William Donohue offered his thoughts on the ad today: "There are more than 50,000 priests in the [...]
William Donohue's analysis of the fifth episode of "Nothing Sacred" is as follows: "The priests on 'Nothing Sacred' are what we call in the real world 'losers.' Fr. Ray identifies himself to an old friend as a social worker (Fr. Eric also describes him this way). This is accurate: he is not a priest. Laboring under [...]
The Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting an exhibition by Robert Gober that is a direct attack on the Virgin Mary. Gober, who describes himself as an ex-Catholic gay man upset with the Church's teachings on sexuality, has decided to express his outrage by defiling the Mother of God. His work was displayed in September and [...]
The October 14 episode of the new CBS show, "Michael Hayes," featured a confrontation between a U.S. District Attorney and a Catholic priest that had a decidedly ideological twist to it. The priest is observed and videotaped by the authorities while hearing the confession of a man involved in a terrorist plot. Previously, we learn that [...]
Ruth Messinger, Manhattan Borough President and Democratic candidate for Mayor of New York, yesterday dropped out of the Columbus Day Parade early and did not attend the Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral that traditionally precedes the march. Catholic League president William Donohue addressed the league's concerns this way: "Standing by itself, there is nothing terribly wrong [...]
