On July 11, the Washington, D.C. Council passed a bill mandating health insurance coverage of contraceptives without a provision exempting Catholic hospitals and employers on religious grounds. The bill would mandate that Catholic institutions based in Washington such as the United States Catholic Conference, the Catholic University of America and Catholic parishes provide contraceptive coverage to [...]
“Members of the Ohio Bible Fellowship churches make no apologies for their beliefs.” That is how a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch described the reaction of the 15-church fellowship to its Catholics critics. Among the beliefs they refuse to apologize for is the contention that the pope is the “anti-Christ.” They also hold that Pope John Paul II [...]
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has a very informative website, blessme.org, that addresses many topics. For example, there is a Question & Answer section on issues many Catholics are confused about, including questions regarding sexual morality. Unfortunately, Philadelphia Magazine thought it would be a cute exercise to parody this section by offering up some crude commentary. We [...]
We usually get a break during the summer from those college students who have a problem with Catholicism, but not this summer. Matters flared at Brown University and at Florida International University that deserved a response. Bob Lockwood took care of both problems. The July/August issue of Brown Alumni Monthly contained an interesting analysis of how some [...]
When Julian Harper called us this summer asking what we could do about a problem Mother Angelica of EWTN was having, we quickly came to her side. Two inmates at the Super Max Correctional Institution at Boscobel, Wisconsin, were being denied a shipment of spiritual books (one of which was written by Mother Angelica) on the [...]
Congratulations to all those Catholic League members who wrote letters to the talk-TV show, “To the Contrary.” In the last edition of Catalyst, we recounted how the host of the show, Bonnie Erbe, had attacked Linda Chavez as “an overgrown Catholic schoolgirl.” As a matter of fact, Erbe had used that slur to denounce Kate O’Beirne [...]
For over three and a half centuries, the trial of Galileo has been an anti-Catholic bludgeon wielded to show the Church as the enemy of enlightenment, freedom of thought and scientific advancement. In the cultural wars of our own day, Galileo has become an all-encompassing trump card, played whether the discussion is over science, abortion, gay [...]
by Robert P. Lockwood (9/2000) Shortly before the joint beatification of Pope John XXIII and Pope Pius IX on September 3, 2000, Catholic News Service published a story contrasting popular reaction to the two men.1 The report noted Italian television specials planned on Pope John XXIII, gift shops crowded with holy cards, books and videos on his [...]
Patrick Buchanan has secured the presidential nomination of the Reform Party and is soon to be in command of $12.6 million in federal campaign funds. Recovering from gallbladder surgery, Buchanan has announced that he will open this new phase of his campaign with an appearance at Bob Jones University. “I thought it would send the right [...]
Catholic League president William Donohue explains why he is asking Hillary Clinton to return a donation given to her campaign by a hate monger: “I was disturbed to read an article in today’s New York Post by Robert Hardt Jr. and Gregg Birnbaum that cited a donation of $8,200 by Dale Djerassi to the ‘New York Senate 2000’ [...]
