Monthly Archives: September 1998

AD WITHDRAWN

By |2013-11-12T20:59:08-05:00September 27th, 1998|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

When Catholic League member, Robert J. Flaherty of Peoria, Illinois, listened to a radio commercial that defamed his religion, he registered a complaint with the company and succeeded in having the ad withdrawn. The radio ad was run by STIHL, maker of power tools. It featured a nun, Sister Mary Margaret, who gets so exasperated that [...]

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SINEAD’S CONFESSION

By |2013-11-12T20:58:57-05:00September 27th, 1998|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Most of us regret doing some things that at the time seemed right, or at least okay. The same is true of Sinead O’Connor, the foul-mouthed Irish anti-Catholic bigot who is also known for her singing. Sinead regrets performing at a New Jersey concert in 1990 simply because the event opened with the playing of "The [...]

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HOLOCAUST MUSEUM UPDATE

By |2017-03-20T17:58:04-04:00September 27th, 1998|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

In the last issue of Catalyst, we ran a story entitled, "U.S. Holocaust Museum Libels Catholicism." While we had several complaints, our central concern was the terribly skewed short film, "Antisemitism." We have since heard from Dr. Steven Luckert, Curator of the Permanent Exhibition at the museum. Dr. Luckert wrote a lengthy and detailed letter to Dr. [...]

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SCRANTON DENTIST CRIES UNCLE

By |2013-11-12T20:58:22-05:00September 27th, 1998|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The June Catalyst listed the name and address of a dentist from the Scranton area who offered free check-ups to members of the junior class from Bishop O’Reilly High School. Dr. Dale Wilkie made the offer after the class was told that there would be no junior prom this because of the way the class misbehaved when Auxiliary [...]

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COMEDY CENTRAL OFFENDS AGAIN

By |2019-09-24T16:55:18-04:00September 27th, 1998|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The cable network, Comedy Central, has a problem with Catholics. What it is we do not know, but the file we have on them is building, suggesting that something is rotten at the station. The latest offense took place on August 4 during the "Porn Losers" segment of "The Daily Show." In a skit about New [...]

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COMEDY CENTRAL ATTACKS CHRIST

By |2012-10-18T19:11:40-04:00September 25th, 1998|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Yesterday and today, Comedy Central aired a "Daily Show" segment with host Craig Kilborn that outdid all its previous attacks on Christianity. This one celebrated the Terrence McNally anti-Christian play, "Corpus Christi," by calling it a "delightfully blasphemous homosexual romp." It aired a news clip of those priests who protested the play on September 22, mocking [...]

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ANOTHER ANTI-CATHOLIC PLAY HITS NEW YORK

By |2012-10-18T19:11:41-04:00September 25th, 1998|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

"The Cardinal Detoxes," an anti-Catholic play by Thomas M. Disch, opened yesterday at the Tribeca Playhouse in New York City. The play, which runs until October 18, is a 35-minute monologue by a character who plays a cardinal. The cardinal is an alcoholic who runs down and kills a pregnant woman while driving drunk. He attacks [...]

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TAKING LIBERTIES WITH CATHOLIC ICONS

By |2017-03-20T17:58:04-04:00September 25th, 1998|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

In Seattle, Washington, there is a coffee shop called the Coffee Messiah. Its logo is a large red cross with the legend "Coffee Saves" and "Salivation." The shop is crammed with rosaries, crucifixes and Catholic icons. The house drink is called "Blood of Christ" coffee. Coffee Messiah has a web page that mocks Catholicism and offers [...]

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WASHINGTON TIMES GIVES SPACE TO BIGOTS

By |2017-03-20T17:58:04-04:00September 21st, 1998|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

On September 11, an anti-Catholic ad was printed in the Washington Times by the Eternal Gospel church of Layman Seventh Day Adventists (SDA). The ad takes Catholics (and, to a lesser extent, Protestants) to task for observing Sunday as the Sabbath. The Catholic Church is identified as the "WHORE" and the "beast," and the Holy Father [...]

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PROTEST OF “CORPUS CHRISTI” SWELLS

By |2012-10-18T19:11:43-04:00September 21st, 1998|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

The Catholic League is proud to announce that 49 organizations—representing the Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim communities—have signed a formal declaration of protest against the Terrence McNally play, "Corpus Christi." The play previews on September 22 and will have its gala opening on October 13; there will be a demonstration in front of the City Center, [...]

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